BlockSeager, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hardenburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12406. It lies near Turner Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Seager quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1901 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Margaretville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1945 USGS Seager quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Seager quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Seager between 1992 and 2016, burning about 159 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 20 June 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 May 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 20 May 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seager in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2010: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Hail | Seager | - | Ping-pong size hail was reported in Beaverkill during a thunderstorm. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Seager | - | Nickel size hail was reported approximately 1 mile south of Turnwood during a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Ayr | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Mapledale | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Oliverea | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Frost Valley | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Pine Hill | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Big Indian | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Branch | 6.1 miles | 25 | |
| Highmount | 6.4 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973049. 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.