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West Danby, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Danby town. It lies in ZIP code area 14883. It lies near Beech Hill. The Survey maps it on the West Danby quadrangle.

West Danby within Tompkins County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 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 Danby, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of West Danby, surveyed 1893

On record in West Danby

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

11 surveys from 33 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of West Danby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural7
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 July 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 Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of West Danby: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Landstrom Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Landstrom Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spencer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tompkins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tompkins County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Danby in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 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
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Danby$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires in West Danby.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Danby$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
June 2006HailWest Danby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tompkins 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
Stratton2.1 miles33
Danby3.3 miles28
Cloverland Park3.5 miles33
South Danby4.5 miles28
Newfield4.6 miles33
Meadowbrook Park4.6 miles37
Trumbull Corners7.2 miles35
Caroline Depot7.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969202. 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.