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Wadhams, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Westport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12993. It stands on Crooked Brook. The Survey maps it on the Westport quadrangle.

Wadhams within Essex County

Then and now

1894 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wadhams, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Wadhams, surveyed 1894

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On record in Wadhams

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

76 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Wadhams between 1996 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined33
Natural13
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
3 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2015Natural1.5 acresNew York Forest RangersSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wadhams: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium, Titanium, Vanadium, Titanium. 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
Elizabethtown-Westport AreaIron, Titanium, Metal, VanadiumPast Producer
Splitrock Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1890
Tupper Lake QuarryGranitePast Producer
Westport AreaTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrence
Snake Den Harbor DepositTitanium, IronOccurrence
Split Rock MineTitanium, Metal, Iron, VanadiumOccurrence
Split Rock MineIron, Titanium, VanadiumPast Producer
Tunnel Mountain MinesTitanium, Metal, Iron, VanadiumOccurrence
Tunnel Mountain MinesIron, Titanium, VanadiumPast Producer
Westport Area ProspectTitanium, IronProspect

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadhams in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 7 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
July 2024Flash FloodWadhams$250,000Dept. of Highways and Emergency Mgmt. reported several roads damaged and/or washed out in and in the vicinity of Westport, NY due to 3 to 5 inches of excessive rainfall. These included, but were not limited to NY Route 22 between Main St. and Walker Rd., Route 9N, Ledge Hill Rd. and Lake Shore Rd.
August 2023Flash FloodWadhams$50,000Persistent shower and thunderstorm activity affected portions of eastern Essex County, NY during the afternoon of August 16, 2023. Radar estimates and observational reports showed that between one and three inches of rain affected this area leading to a few reports of flash flooding, mainly in the towns of Moriah and Westport.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWadhams$20,000Reports of trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWadhams$20,000Large tree down across house.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWadhams$5,000Tree and other debris down along Elizabethtown-Wadhams road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWadhams$5,000Large tree uprooted at intersection of Coonrod and Middle road.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWadhams$5,000A warm front moved northeast through northern New York during the early morning hours of July 9th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines in Gouverneur and trees and powerlines in Wadhams and Westport. In Canton lightning started a fire which destroyed a garage and three cars.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWadhams$5,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWadhams$2,000Powerlines and branches downed by thunderstorm winds along Youngs road in Westport.
June 2017HailWadhams-Greater than quarter but less than golf ball size hail.
May 2012HailWadhams-Quarter size hail reported by mail carrier along route.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Westport3.4 miles31
Whallonsburg3.9 miles27
Stowersville5.1 miles23
Boquet6.0 miles27
Lewis6.4 miles23
Reber6.6 miles27
Crowningshield6.9 miles23
Elizabethtown7.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968623. 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.