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Vestal Center, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Vestal town. It lies in ZIP code area 13850. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Endicott quadrangle.

Vestal Center within Broome County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vestal Center, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Vestal Center, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

186 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Vestal Center between 2003 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined114
Recreation and ceremony19
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural7
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vestal Center: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

25 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vestal Center in 25 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 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
July 2017Flash FloodVestal Center$150,000Flood waters from Choconut Creek spread into areas around West Hill Road in Vestal Center.
July 2017Flash FloodVestal Center$130,000Flood waters from Choconut Creek encroached on 11 homes along Richards Ave. Residents were evacuated.
July 2017Flash FloodVestal Center$130,000Flooding along Choconut Creek continued to spread across roads and into more homes. Two residences were evacuated around this time.
December 2020Flash FloodVestal Center$100,000Flash flooding occurred along the Choconut Creek with flood waters passing through nearby neighborhoods and a mobile home park on Route 26.
August 2011Flash FloodVestal Center$50,000West Hill and Juneberry roads were closed due to water over bridges.
August 2024Flash FloodVestal Center$40,000Flash flooding had damaged and closed Route 26.
August 2018FloodVestal Center$5,000Several creeks along State Line Road were flooding rural areas and back roads.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindVestal Center$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over multiple trees in Vestal Center.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindVestal Center$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and large branches near West Hill Road in Vestal Center.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVestal Center$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires.
April 2020FloodVestal Center$2,000Choconut Creek flooded its banks sending water into the Vestal Center Park and other lowland areas.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVestal Center$1,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a car.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindVestal Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires across Costely Rd.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindVestal Center$500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree.
August 2024FloodVestal Center-The streamgage on Choconut Creek near Addison crested at 11.44 feet which is in the Major flood category. The river rose extremely rapidly, reaching flood stage at 12:45 PM EDT, then falling below flood stage at 4:01 PM EDT.
September 2010HailVestal Center-Nickel sized hail was covering the ground.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindVestal Center-Trees and wires were blown down.
July 2008Heavy RainVestal Center-Three to four inches of rain fell in a 3 hour time period in the Vestal area.
May 2004HailVestal Center-Nickel sized hail.
May 2004HailVestal Center-1.00 inch hail.
June 2001HailVestal Center-SKYWARN storm spotters reported dime size hail covering the ground.
July 2012HailVestal Center-no account filed
July 2012HailVestal Center-no account filed
July 2008HailVestal Center-no account filed
May 1996HailVestal Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
South Vestal1.8 miles30
Tracy Creek3.6 miles30
Vestal4.2 miles30
Twin Orchard4.5 miles30
Endicott4.9 miles30
Willow Point5.0 miles23
Ross Corners5.1 miles30
Hawleyton5.3 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122571450The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968517. 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.