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Salisbury Center, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salisbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 13454. The Survey maps it on the Salisbury quadrangle.

Salisbury Center within Herkimer County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Salisbury Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Salisbury Center, surveyed 1900

On record in Salisbury Center

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

73 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Salisbury Center between 2001 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salisbury Center: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Salisbury MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salisbury Center in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 flash 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
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center$6,000no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center$4,000no account filed
June 2014LightningSalisbury Center$1,000A spotter reported that lightning downed a tree across Eammonsburg Road in Salisbury Center.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A 911 call center operator reported trees down along Spruce Lake Road north of Salisbury.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A 911 call center operator reported trees and wires down along Curtiss Road near Salisbury.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-Local fire department reported a tree down in Salisbury, NY.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A local fire department reported a downed tree blocking Mang Road near Curtiss Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A local fire department reported a tree and wires down on Irondale Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A tree was downed on McClure Road near State Route 29A in the Town of Stratford.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-Numerous trees and wires were downed along a path of County Route 29A between Red School Road and Seeley Road near the Town of Stratford. Some of the trees were reported snapped 15 feet above the ground. Trees were all reported down in the same direction, suggesting straight-line wind damage occurred. The damage started in eastern Herkimer County and ended across northwestern Fulton County.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-Trees were downed at Lake View Drive and Spruce Lake Road.
November 2019FloodSalisbury Center-The Route 29 bridge over Spruce Creek was closed due to flooding.
November 2019FloodSalisbury Center-The Route 29A bridge over the East Canada Creek was closed due to flooding.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A trained spotter reported wires down on Barnes Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-Tress and wires were downed on Peck Road in the town of Salisbury due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-Numerous trees were reported down throughout Salisbury Center as a result of thunderstorm winds. Many roads were closed as a result of the downed trees.
September 2011HailSalisbury Center-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm approximately 1 mile west of Stratford.
August 2011Flash FloodSalisbury Center-Route 29A between Stratford and Salisbury Center was reported closed due to flooding between Case Road and Route 29.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-A tree was reported down and blocking a portion of Route 29 in Salisbury Center due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-An emergency manager reported that trees and power lines were blown down along Route 29A in the vicinity of Red School House road near Salisbury Center. Pea-sized hail occurred with the storm.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-An emergency manager reported that 3 trees were blown down in a cemetary on Emmonsburgs Road near Salisbury Center.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSalisbury Center-Trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Irondale1.4 miles22
Ives Hollow2.1 miles22
Salisbury2.1 miles22
Curtis2.5 miles22
Dolgeville3.0 miles22
Paper Mill Corners3.2 miles22
Diamond Hill3.2 miles22
Manheim Center6.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964304. 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.