BlockQuaker Settlement, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in DeRuyter town. It lies in ZIP code area 13052. The Survey maps it on the Erieville quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Erieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Erieville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Settlement between 1992 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quaker Settlement in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF2) | Quaker Settlement | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A NWS storm survey team determined that damage in the county was caused by a severe thunderstorm that produced a tornado. Most of the damage along the path was to trees. Significant damage occurred approximately 1 mile south of the Village of Georgetown. A large barn was destroyed, a roof was torn off a house, several outbuildings and sheds were destroyed, and power poles were snapped. There was one injury at this location. A second farm on Upham Road was hit, destroying a large barn, a silo and a couple of sheds. Some livestock were lost at this location. A farmstead near Niles Road also received damage to a silo, and damage to the home's roof and siding. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quaker Settlement | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires on Mariposa Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeRuyter | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Puckerville | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sheds | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Georgetown | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| New Woodstock | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| West Woodstock | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Erieville | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Union | 8.2 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122588786 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962059. 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.
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.