Queechy, New York
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Canaan town. It lies in ZIP code area 12029. It stands on Queechy Lake Brook. The Survey maps it on the Canaan quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
22 surveys from 43 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.
- 1888 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1899 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Pittsfield West quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Pittsfield West quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Queechy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Massachusetts Bureau of Forest Fire Control | not named |
| 4 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 July 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Queechy: 21 past producers, 7 producers, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan Lead Silver Mines | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| Cheever Mines | Iron, Manganese | Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Cheever Mines | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Cone Limestone Mine | Iron, Magnesite, Zinc | Past Producer | 1827 | |
| Canaan Lead Silver Mines | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Canaan Pb-Ag Mines | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Andrews Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bacon Mine | Iron | Producer | 1846 | |
| Bacon Mine | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Carr Mine | Iron | Producer | Limonite |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Queechy in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | A tree and wires were downed along Route 295. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | A utility pole and power lines reported down on Stony Kill Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | An NWS Storm Survey confirmed a series of microbursts between Canaan, NY and the New York/Massachusetts border. Damage began near the intersection of Route 22 and Beebe Hill Road, just south of Route 295. The Canaan Department of Public Works reported approximately 50 trees down in a remote wooded area. A newspaper reported a tree down on a car with damage to the windshield and hood. Seven roads were closed due to downed trees and wires. The width of the damage varied from 10 yards to up to a mile wide. The damage continued across the border to Richmond, MA. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | A tree was downed at Route 295 and Queechy Lake Drive. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | Route 295 was closed between Routes 22 and 5 due to a downed tree and wires in the Town of Canaan. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | A pole was snapped. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | A tree and wires were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | Power lines were downed on Lillie Road in the town of Caanan. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Queechy | - | Trees were downed on wires. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Queechy | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Canaan Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canaan | 1.5 miles | 43 | |
| Flatbrook | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| Canaan Center | 2.2 miles | 43 | |
| New Lebanon | 4.3 miles | 43 | |
| New Lebanon Center | 4.5 miles | 43 | |
| New Britain | 5.0 miles | 43 | |
| Lebanon Springs | 5.4 miles | 43 | |
| East Chatham | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q122563828 | 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 962075. 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.





















