Roseboom, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Roseboom town. It lies in ZIP code area 13320. The Survey maps it on the Westford quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Roseboom
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 1 record
Roseboom Historic Districtlisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1907 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Cooperstown quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Westford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Westford quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Roseboom between 2004 and 2016, burning about 36 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 May 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 April 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roseboom in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roseboom | $2,000 | Numerous trees were blown down on Ziefle Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Brook | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Middlefield Center | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Cherry Valley | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| South Valley | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Maple Valley | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lentsville | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Five Points | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Center Valley | 4.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962915. 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.








