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Steuben, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Steuben town. It lies in ZIP code area 13438. The Survey maps it on the North Western quadrangle.

Steuben within Oneida County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Steuben, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Steuben, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Steuben between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
21 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 June 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 May 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steuben in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSteuben$50,000Downburst winds impacted a 10 mile long area by about one mile wide. Most of the damage was sporadic until near Route 365 and Fairchild Road. Just south of the Stop and Go on Route 365, hundreds of hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped. Some minor damage to a house was found. Strongest winds were found here and estimated to be between 85 and 95 MPH. The damage path continued northeast across Route 365. Two more separate blow downs were found near Twin Rock Road. Winds here were between 75 and 85 mph.
June 2005LightningSteuben$50,000Lightning started a fire at a seasonal residence on North Steuben Road. The 20 by 30 foot home was seriously damaged and suffered a collapsed roof.
May 2004Flash FloodSteuben$25,000Roadways flooded by an overflowing creek due to intense rainfall from a thunderstorm.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSteuben$3,000Trees were blown down.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSteuben$2,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2008HailSteuben-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Merrick Corner1.0 miles19
Fink Hollow2.3 miles19
Big Brook2.3 miles19
Steuben Valley2.7 miles26
Carmichael Hill3.2 miles19
East Floyd3.3 miles19
Frenchville4.0 miles19
North Western4.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966371. 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.