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Shushan, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12873. It stands on Steele Brook. The Survey maps it on the Shushan quadrangle.

Shushan within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shushan, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Shushan, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Shushan

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Shushan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Natural2

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 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2006Debris and open burning1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Shushan: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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
White Creek Pb MineLeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shushan in 11 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindShushan-A tree was down with wires burning on Sutherland Road between County Route 61 and Dobbin Hill Road in Jackson, NY.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindShushan-Multiple reports of downed trees and power lines across the Town of Salem including County Route 64, Roberson Road and Chunks Brook Road. A tree fell onto a vehicle on Perry Hill Road and also on County Route 61 but there were no injuries.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindShushan-Trees and wires were downed in the Town of Jackson including State Route 372, Lake Lauderdale Park and Dobbin Hill Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindShushan-A tree and wires were downed on Stanton Road in the Town of Jackson.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindShushan-Trees and wires were downed on Dobbin Hill Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindShushan-Trees and wires were downed on Ackley Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindShushan-Trees and wires were downed on Juniper Swamp Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindShushan-A tree was downed, blocking County Route 61 in Jackson.
January 2019FloodShushan-County Route 61 was closed between Route 22 and Ackley Road due to flooding.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindShushan-A tree was downed on Camden Valley Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindShushan-Trees and power lines were reported down on Route 22 in the Shushan section in the town of Salem due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Eagleville1.6 miles29
Anaquassacook1.9 miles29
The Plains2.7 miles29
Rexleigh3.2 miles27
Ash Grove4.1 miles29
Greenwich Junction4.1 miles27
Ravenwood Estates4.2 miles29
Battenville4.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965195. 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.