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West Edmeston, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Edmeston town. It lies in ZIP code area 13485. The Survey maps it on the Brookfield quadrangle.

West Edmeston within Otsego County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 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 Edmeston, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Edmeston, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of West Edmeston between 1994 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 11 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
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning8
Smoking5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
27 August 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
12 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot 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 Edmeston: 1 producer. All of them 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
Belden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Otsego County

Storms near this place

3 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Edmeston in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
October 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Edmeston$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Edmeston$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWest Edmeston$5,000no account filed

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
North Edmeston2.2 miles16
Edmeston4.9 miles16
Lloydsville4.9 miles16
Burlington Flats5.2 miles16
Chapinville5.4 miles16
Robinson Corners5.7 miles16
Unadilla Forks5.8 miles16
South Edmeston5.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969210. 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.