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West Hebron, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hebron town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. It stands on West Branch Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle.

West Hebron within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 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 Hebron, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of West Hebron, surveyed 1895

On record in West Hebron

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

13 surveys from 27 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

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of West Hebron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 385 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 19 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
Debris and open burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
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
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Hebron: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Al Jean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Hebron in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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 1999Thunderstorm WindWest Hebron$6,000no account filed
December 2023FloodWest Hebron$5,000Cross Road in Hebron was closed due to flooding.
December 2023FloodWest Hebron$5,000Cross Road in Hebron was closed due to flooding.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWest Hebron$5,000no account filed
September 2022Flash FloodWest Hebron-A basement wall collapsed due to flooding on Hemslock Lane.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Hebron-Multiple trees and powerlines were downed.
January 2019FloodWest Hebron-Cross Road was closed between Routes 30 and 31 due to flooding.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Hebron-A tree was downed onto a residence on Patterson Hill Road.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Hebron-Dozens of large trees were downed near the intersection of County Routes 30 and 31 resulting in a road closure. Some trees fell onto barns, houses, and cars.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Hebron-Numerous trees and limbs were reported down around the north side of Cossayuna Lake.
January 2010Flash FloodWest Hebron-Cross Road in Salem was reported closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Goose Island3.0 miles29
Belcher3.5 miles29
Cossayuna4.2 miles27
Salem4.8 miles27
Tiplady5.1 miles29
East Hebron5.2 miles29
North Argyle5.4 miles29
Fitch Point5.6 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970764. 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.