Sprout Brook, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Canajoharie town. It lies in ZIP code area 13317. It stands on Bowmans Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sprout Brook quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 87 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
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1898 USGS Canajoharie quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Canajoharie quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Canajoharie quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Sprout Brook quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Sprout Brook quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Sprout Brook quadrangle1:25000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Sprout Brook between 2000 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 3 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sprout Brook in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sprout Brook | - | A tree and wire was down near the intersection of Clinton Road and Route 163. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Deusenville | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Buel | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Hessville | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Salt Springville | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Freysbush | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Marshville | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ames | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Keesler Corners | 4.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966114. 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.










