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Sammonsville, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12095. It stands on Kecks Center Creek. The Survey maps it on the Randall quadrangle.

Sammonsville within Fulton County

Then and now

1896 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sammonsville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sammonsville, surveyed 1896

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

198 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Sammonsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning20
Natural14
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2017Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sammonsville: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Platinum, Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
FondaPlatinum, NickelOccurrenceUnknown
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mohawk Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Randall PittSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

2 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sammonsville in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022FloodSammonsville$20,000Several roads within the cities of Gloversville and Johnstown were closed due to flooding along with some basement flooding.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSammonsville-A tree was downed southwest of Johnstown along New York Route 334.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Kecks Center1.8 miles21
Eppie Corners2.3 miles21
Johnstown3.7 miles22
Cork4.1 miles21
Meco5.4 miles21
Hale Mills5.7 miles22
Ephratah5.8 miles21
Garoga5.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964340. 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.