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Stratford, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stratford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13470. It stands on Ayers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stratford quadrangle.

Stratford within Fulton County

Then and now

1901 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stratford, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Stratford, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Stratford between 1995 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHOUSE POND FIRE
14 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 July 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Stratford: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Salisbury MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stratford in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 flood, 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
September 1993Thunderstorm WindStratford$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees along Piseco Rd., 4 miles north of Stratford during the evening of September 6th. One of the trees fell on the roof of a house causing some damage to the roof.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindStratford$3,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindStratford$2,000no account filed
July 1996HailStratford$1,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindStratford-Trees were reported down in the Stratford area.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindStratford-Trees were downed east of Stratford.
July 2017Flash FloodStratford-Seeley Road was washed out due to heavy rainfall.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindStratford-Trees were reported down in Stratford as a result of thunderstorm winds.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindStratford-Trees and wires were reported down on Route 29A in Stratford as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2012HailStratford-The public reported baseball sized hail from a thunderstorm in Stratford via Facebook.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindStratford-Numerous trees and wires were reported down approximately 2 miles north of Stratford, as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007HailStratford-Nickel size hail was reported in Stratford.
June 2006HailStratford-A trained spotter reported that quarter-sized hail occurred in Stratford.
June 2006FloodStratford-An emergency manager reported that flooding of the East Canada Creek caused numerous evacuations across the western portion of Fulton County in the vicinity of Stratford and Dolgeville. Route 29A was flooded at Stratford.
August 2001HailStratford-no account filed
June 1994HailStratford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Emmonsburg2.0 miles21
Bliss Corner2.2 miles21
Knappville3.9 miles21
Lotville4.3 miles19
Doxtater Corner4.8 miles19
Middle Sprite5.1 miles19
Rasbach Corner5.6 miles19
Oregon5.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966621. 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.