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Summit, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit town. It lies in ZIP code area 12175. It lies near Sawyer Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle.

Summit within Schoharie 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 Summit, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Summit, surveyed 1904

On record in Summit

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

8 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

59 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural5
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSUMMIT HAY BALES
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 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
December 2000Flash FloodSummit$22,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindSummit$10,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindSummit$3,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSummit-Wires were downed in the Town of Summit.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSummit-A couple of trees were downed on Eminence Road near the Town of Summit.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSummit-A tree was downed onto wires.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSummit-A large limb was downed, blocking State Route 10.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSummit-A tree was downed and on wires at the intersection of State Route 10 and Beards Hollow Road due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSummit-Trees and wires were downed in Summit as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSummit-A tree was reported down in Summit due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSummit-Trees and wires were reported down in Summit due to strong thunderstorm winds.
January 2010Flash FloodSummit-One lane of Route 10 in Summit was reported blocked due to a mud and rock slide.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindSummit-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Summit.
June 2000HailSummit-no account filed
August 2000HailSummit-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoharie 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
Beards Hollow2.6 miles17
Lutheranville2.8 miles17
Richmondville4.0 miles17
Arabia4.0 miles17
Eminence4.7 miles17
Charlotteville4.7 miles17
West Richmondville5.2 miles17
East Jefferson5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966768. 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.