Sheds, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in DeRuyter town. It lies in ZIP code area 13122. It lies near Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the Erieville quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1986The 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 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.
- 1897 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Cazenovia quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Erieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Erieville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Sheds between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 June 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 June 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheds in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Sheds | $5,000 | County Route 80 and Dugway Road were closed due to flooding. |
| December 2023 | Flash Flood | Sheds | $2,000 | Numerous creeks are overflowing with water covering several side roads around town. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Woodstock | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Puckerville | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| West Woodstock | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Quaker Settlement | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| DeRuyter | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Juddville | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Erieville | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Union | 4.9 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sheds | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740276 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964991. 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.








