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Thurman, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Thurman town. It lies in ZIP code area 12885. It lies near Partridge Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Johnsburg quadrangle.

Thurman within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Thurman, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Thurman, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Thurman between 1995 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined20
Debris and open burning7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersROUTE 418 FIRE
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMEASLES FIRE
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHIGH STREET FIRE
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 August 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Thurman: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos, Marble, Dimension, Graphite, Mineral Pigments. 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
Crane Mountain DepositMineral PigmentsOccurrenceMineral Pigments
Parker MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897
Pottersville ProspectGraphiteProspect
Warrensburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Carlton W. Blank Property DepositAsbestosPast Producer
Unnamed MineMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed OccurrenceAsbestosPast Producer1875, 1911
Verd-Antique Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1850, 1882

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thurman in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 FloodThurman$600,000Eleven roads in the town of Thurman were damaged due to flooding.
December 2023FloodThurman$10,000Glen Creek Road was closed due to a road washout and flooding.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindThurman$3,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindThurman-Multiple trees were reported down in the Town of Thurman, one of which fell onto a camper.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindThurman-Numerous trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Thurman.
May 2011HailThurman-Ping-pong ball size hail was reported in Thurman during a thunderstorm.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindThurman-Several trees were reported down in Thurman due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindThurman-Trees and wires were reported down in Thurman 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
The Glen4.5 miles25
Athol4.8 miles24
Garnet Lake5.1 miles25
Johnsburg6.3 miles27
Wevertown7.0 miles26
Stony Creek7.6 miles23
Warrensburg7.8 miles24
Darrowsville8.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973156. 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.