West Lebanon, New York
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in New Lebanon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12195. It stands on Hollow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Canaan quadrangle. It stands 623 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
On record in West Lebanon
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
- Bigelow-Finch-Fowler Farmlisted 2019
Topographic sheets covering this place
22 surveys from 43 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1899 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Canaan quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Pittsfield West quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Pittsfield West quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of West Lebanon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of West Lebanon: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon Springs Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Lebanon in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | West Lebanon | $18,000 | no account filed |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lebanon | - | A tree and wires were downed. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lebanon | - | A tree was downed onto power lines on Winslow Road in the town of New Lebanon due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lebanon | - | A tree was downed and blocking Winslow Road in the town of New Lebanon due to thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lebanon | - | Trees were reported down on Winslow Road in the town of New Lebanon as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Lebanon | - | Numerous trees were reported down in West Lebanon due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | West Lebanon | - | Power outages caused by lightning strikes. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain | 2.5 miles | 43 | |
| New Lebanon Center | 2.6 miles | 43 | |
| New Lebanon | 4.0 miles | 43 | |
| Rayville | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Riders | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Lebanon Springs | 4.7 miles | 43 | |
| Riders Mills | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Canaan | 5.2 miles | 43 |
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 Lebanon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249791 | The 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 970782. 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.





















