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Scott, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scott town. It lies in ZIP code area 13077. It lies in Scott Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Homer quadrangle.

Scott within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scott, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Scott, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

41 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Scott between 2003 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
4 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scott in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2021Flash FloodScott$10,000Officials reported street flooding and trees down and across roads in the area.
August 2004Flash FloodScott$5,000Heavy rain caused roads to flood.
June 2015HailScott$4,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the area and produced one inch sized hail.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindScott$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Route 41.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindScott$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down onto roadway, blocking the road.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindScott$500no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindScott-A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds and was estimated to be 50 knots as it moved across the area.
June 2011HailScott-Hail lasted for nearly nine minutes.
June 2011HailScott-no account filed
August 2008HailScott-no account filed
April 2006HailScott-no account filed
May 2006HailScott-no account filed
May 2006HailScott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
Parker Manor0.6 miles22
Grout Mill0.9 miles22
East Scott2.6 miles22
Fair Haven3.0 miles26
Little York4.8 miles22
Pratt Corners4.9 miles22
Preble5.1 miles22
Slab City5.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964673. 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.