Reber, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Willsboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 12996. It stands on Cold Brook. The Survey maps it on the Willsboro quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1895 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
78 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Reber between 1993 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 6 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 | 39 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CHURCH MTN FIRE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Reber: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Wollastonite, Garnet, Wollastonite, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsworth Diopside Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Fox Hill Quarry | Wollastonite, Garnet | Past Producer | 1810, 1939, 1982 | |
| Fox Knoll | Garnet, Wollastonite | Producer | Grossularite, Wollastonite | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Willsboro Mine | Emery | Past Producer | Emery | |
| Cabot Minerals Div. Deposit | Wollastonite | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willsboro Mine & Mill | Wollastonite | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reber in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2010 | Flood | Reber | - | New York State Police reported several roads closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowningshield | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Stowersville | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Deerhead | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Boquet | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Willsboro | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Lewis | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Whallonsburg | 5.8 miles | 27 | |
| Wadhams | 6.6 miles | 31 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962263. 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.









