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Redfield, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Redfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13437. It stands on North Branch Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Redfield quadrangle.

Redfield within Oswego County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redfield, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Redfield, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

18 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Redfield between 2003 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1

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
15 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHALL ISLAND FIRE 2
7 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHALL ISLAND 4
11 August 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHALL ISLAND 3
7 July 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBIGELOW FIRE
28 July 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHALLS ISLAND 2
19 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHULA POPPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oswego County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redfield in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 1993HailRedfield$50,000no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindRedfield$15,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000Several reports of trees and lines downed were received.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000A social media post reported trees down by thunderstorm winds in Redfield.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2010FloodRedfield$10,000no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRedfield$8,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindRedfield$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindRedfield$2,000Trees and wires were downed in Redfield on Mc Caw Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRedfield$1,500Tree and wires downed.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRedfield$500Tree downed blocking roadway.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindRedfield$500A tree was downed in Redfield at County Route 17 and Waterbury Road.
August 2023Flash FloodRedfield-A culvert was washed out and a road was closed due to flooding.
August 2016Funnel CloudRedfield-Multiple public reports of a funnel cloud were received.

Every storm recorded in Oswego 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
Noble Shores3.1 miles22
Little America4.6 miles22
Pine Meadows4.8 miles22
Otto Mills4.8 miles22
Beecherville5.6 miles22
Maple Hill5.8 miles21
Ricard5.8 miles20
Stillwater6.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962327. 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.