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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.

Reber within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Reber, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Reber, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

78 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined39
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2012Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCHURCH MTN FIRE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elsworth Diopside ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fox Hill QuarryWollastonite, GarnetPast Producer1810, 1939, 1982
Fox KnollGarnet, WollastoniteProducerGrossularite, Wollastonite
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryGranitePast Producer
Willsboro MineEmeryPast ProducerEmery
Cabot Minerals Div. DepositWollastonitePast Producer
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willsboro Mine & MillWollastoniteProducer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2010FloodReber-New York State Police reported several roads closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Crowningshield1.8 miles23
Stowersville3.4 miles23
Deerhead3.9 miles23
Boquet4.3 miles27
Willsboro5.2 miles27
Lewis5.7 miles23
Whallonsburg5.8 miles27
Wadhams6.6 miles31

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.