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Putnam, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Putnam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12861. It stands on Mill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Putnam quadrangle.

Putnam within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Putnam, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Putnam, surveyed 1893

On record in Putnam

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

12 surveys from 31 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

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Putnam between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Natural1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPUTNAM FIRE
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersASAS ISLAND FIRE
11 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCEDAR ISLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Putnam: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Lakeside MineGraphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1925
Lakeside MineGraphitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Lakeside MineGraphitePast Producer
Munger Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Munger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sleight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sleight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Putnam in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPutnam$110,000no account filed
June 2009Flash FloodPutnam$1,000County Route 2 was closed due to flooding in the Town of Putnam. The road was washed out in three places within the town.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPutnam-A tree was reported down across County Route 2.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindPutnam-A tree was downed blocking Lillie Lane in the Town of Putnam.
June 2009HailPutnam-Penny size hail was reported in Putnam during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Putnam Station1.5 miles31
Glenburnie3.3 miles37
Wright3.8 miles37
Dresden5.2 miles31
Chubbs Dock7.8 miles31
Clemons8.0 miles31
Dresden Center8.2 miles31
Huletts Landing9.4 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973622. 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.