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West Bush, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12078. It lies near Peck Hill. The Survey maps it on the Peck Lake quadrangle.

West Bush within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of West Bush, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Bush, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

226 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of West Bush between 1993 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined110
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5

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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Bush: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Crystal Grove Diamond MineGemstoneProducer1955
Santos Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Bush in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWest Bush-Local law enforcement reported a tree down and a power pole leaning onto West Bush Road in Gloversville.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Bush-Trees were blown down on wires.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Bush-Trees and wires were reported down at West Bush Road on Route 122 in the town of Johnstown.
September 2013HailWest Bush-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at Peck Lake. There was enough hail for the ground to be completely covered.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Bush-Numerous trees and power poles were knocked over as a result of thunderstorm winds at Peck Lake.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Smiths Corners1.3 miles21
Meco1.9 miles21
Kingsboro2.2 miles22
Bleecker2.6 miles22
Gloversville2.8 miles22
Dennies Crossing3.7 miles22
Berkshire3.9 miles22
Broadalbin Junction4.5 miles22

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 Q122571944The 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 969156. 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.