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South Edmeston, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Edmeston town. It lies in ZIP code area 13411. The Survey maps it on the New Berlin North quadrangle.

South Edmeston within Otsego County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Edmeston, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Edmeston, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

58 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of South Edmeston between 1995 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning10
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
29 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2020Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 June 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of South Edmeston: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Belden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.C.Lobdell No.1 WellSaltProspect
Unnamed Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Edmeston in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Edmeston$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
June 2013Flash FloodSouth Edmeston$5,000Water was flowing over County Route 20 at Simmons Road.
June 2013Flash FloodSouth Edmeston$5,000Flooding occurred across numerous roads near the village of South Edmeston.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Edmeston$5,000Trees and wires down on a car.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Edmeston$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Dutch Valley Road.
May 2011HailSouth Edmeston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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
Amblers Crossing3.0 miles17
Pittsfield3.7 miles17
Hoboken4.0 miles17
Edmeston4.0 miles16
Cardtown4.7 miles16
Silver Lake5.8 miles16
West Edmeston5.8 miles17
Robinson Corners6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965741. 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.