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West Burlington, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Burlington town. It lies in ZIP code area 13315. It stands on Fly Brook. The Survey maps it on the Edmeston quadrangle. It stands 1,266 feet above sea level.

West Burlington within Otsego County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Burlington, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Burlington, surveyed 1910

On record in West Burlington

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

9 surveys from 16 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

40 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of West Burlington between 1999 and 2018, burning about 42 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2

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
16 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 June 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Otsego 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 West Burlington: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

6 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Burlington in 6 storm reports in 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2023Flash FloodWest Burlington$15,000Flooding due to a debris filled culvert was impacting two homes in the area.
July 2023Flash FloodWest Burlington$10,000Water up to 6 inches deep was reported running across Gulf Road and washing out portions of the shoulder and pavement.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree which landed on a house, resulting in damage.
August 2023Flash FloodWest Burlington$3,000Numerous roads were flooded in the area.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on State Highway 51.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Burlington$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on State Highway 80.

Every storm recorded in Otsego 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
Robinson Corners0.9 miles16
Barrett Corners1.1 miles16
Chapinville1.9 miles16
Burlington Flats2.6 miles16
Edmeston3.0 miles16
Burlington3.5 miles16
Garrattsville4.2 miles16
North Edmeston4.3 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on West BurlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7984618The 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 969155. 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.