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Remsen, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Remsen town. It lies in ZIP code area 13438. It stands on Mud Brook. The Survey maps it on the Remsen quadrangle.

Remsen within Oneida County

Then and now

1897 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Remsen, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Remsen, surveyed 1897

On record in Remsen

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Remsen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Other causes1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersN SHORE HINKLEY LAKE
17 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBRANDY LAKE FIRE
4 June 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 June 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Remsen: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Barneeveld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccartney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spear PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Swamp Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Remsen in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 7 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRemsen$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000Several trees uprooted from thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindRemsen$5,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRemsen$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRemsen$1,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailRemsen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Prospect2.4 miles26
Hinckley3.6 miles25
Barneveld3.8 miles26
Honnedaga3.8 miles25
Steuben Valley3.8 miles26
Trenton Falls4.1 miles26
East Steuben4.1 miles25
Ninety Six Corners5.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962375. 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.