Van Hornesville, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stark town. It lies in ZIP code area 13475. It lies near Willse Hill. The Survey maps it on the Van Hornesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Van Hornesville
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 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Richfield Springs quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Van Hornesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Van Hornesville quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Van Hornesville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 June 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 May 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Van Hornesville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Van Hornesville in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Van Hornesville | - | Trees and wires reported down. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Van Hornesville | - | Route 80 in Van Hornesville was reported closed due to flooding between Travis Road and Jordonville Road. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Van Hornesville | - | General public reported three-quarter-inch hail in Van Hornesville. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starkville | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Smith Corners | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Deck | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Newville | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Warren | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Paines Hollow | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Jordanville | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cullen | 7.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968417. 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.







