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Stony Creek, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stony Creek town. It lies in ZIP code area 12878. It stands on Roaring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stony Creek quadrangle.

Stony Creek within Warren County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stony Creek, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Stony Creek, surveyed 1903

On record in Stony Creek

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

9 surveys from 23 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

52 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Stony Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 193 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined24
Natural8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHIGH STREET FIRE
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSTONY CREEK RD
11 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTHOMPSON MT
4 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stony Creek: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Asbestos, Iron, 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
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceAsbestosPast Producer1875, 1911
Unnamed OccurrenceIronOccurrence1922
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1915, 1922
Unnamed QuarryGraniteOccurrence1925

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stony Creek in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2019Flash FloodStony Creek$200,000Stony Creek Road was washed out. There was also damage to a retaining wall.
December 2023FloodStony Creek$50,000Harrisburg Road (Route 22) in Stony Creek was limited to one lane in places due to damage from flooding.
December 2023FloodStony Creek$25,000Warrensburg Road (Route 3) near Thurman was impacted by flooding.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindStony Creek-A tree was reported down in Stony Creek due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Knowelhurst5.0 miles23
Athol6.6 miles24
Fourth Lake7.0 miles25
Thurman7.6 miles27
Harrisburg7.8 miles23
Lake Vanare8.5 miles25
Lake Luzerne9.2 miles25
Garnet Lake9.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966549. 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.