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Pittsfield, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pittsfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13411. The Survey maps it on the New Berlin North quadrangle.

Pittsfield within Otsego County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pittsfield, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pittsfield, surveyed 1910

On record in Pittsfield

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Pittsfield between 1995 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning12
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
22 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pittsfield: 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C.C.Lobdell No.1 WellSaltProspect
Unnamed Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsfield in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$15,000Trees and wires down in Pittsfield, Morris, and New Lisbon.
December 2023Flash FloodPittsfield$10,000A bridge is being impacted by flooding.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$10,000Roof blown off of a barn from strong thunderstorm winds.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$8,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$5,000no account filed
March 2022Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree and wires onto a roadway.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$2,000Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPittsfield$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
May 2000Flash FloodPittsfield-Numerous roads were closed and bridges damaged due to flooding following heavy thunderstorm rains. Several families had to be evacuated from residences endangered by rising water.
June 2014HailPittsfield-no account filed
May 2011HailPittsfield-no account filed
May 2011HailPittsfield-no account filed
June 2008HailPittsfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cardtown1.9 miles16
Hoboken2.3 miles17
Amblers Crossing2.6 miles17
South Edmeston3.7 miles17
Silver Lake3.7 miles16
Edmeston4.5 miles16
Stetsonville5.2 miles16
Garrattsville5.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960647. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.