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Troupsburg, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Troupsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 14885. It lies near Young Hickory Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Troupsburg quadrangle.

Troupsburg within Steuben County

Then and now

1926 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Troupsburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Troupsburg, surveyed 1926

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

29 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Troupsburg between 1999 and 2018, burning about 208 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined16
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4

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
4 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 April 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 April 2013Debris and open burning24 acresNew York Forest RangersZAMOONDA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 Troupsburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

15 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troupsburg in 15 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
August 2021Flash FloodTroupsburg$1,500,000Severe flash flooding occurring over several roads, and within numerous residences and businesses around Troupsburg.
July 2013Tornado (EF1)Troupsburg$100,000EF1 tornado had a 14 mile path length and 500 yard path width with estimated winds of 100 MPH. Numerous trees and power poles were snapped along its length. A barn was completely destroyed one mile southeast of Troupsburg.
August 2021Flash FloodTroupsburg$50,000Roads and bridges were severely flooded and damaged in this area.
August 2024Flash FloodTroupsburg$10,000People were trapped in a vehicle trapped in flash flooding. A water rescue was underway.
May 2006Flash FloodTroupsburg$10,000County Route 117 washed out.
August 2024Flash FloodTroupsburg$4,000Several roads flooded by nearly 4 inches of rain in a short period of time.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTroupsburg$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTroupsburg$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees onto the road.
August 2024Flash FloodTroupsburg$2,000Severe flooding was occurring with water approaching a house.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTroupsburg$2,000Trees were blown down on State Route 36 and Olumstead Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindTroupsburg$1,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires and large tree limbs onto the road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTroupsburg$1,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a tree near the intersection of Main Street and Potter Road.
June 2009HailTroupsburg-no account filed
June 2008HailTroupsburg-no account filed
August 2006HailTroupsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Lila2.1 miles17
South Troupsburg2.2 miles17
Young Hickory3.4 miles17
Alice3.9 miles17
Jasper5.9 miles17
Rexville6.8 miles17
Rough and Ready7.1 miles17
Woodhull7.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967854. 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.