West Oneonta, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oneonta town. It lies in ZIP code area 13861. It lies near Hell Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Oneonta quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1915 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of West Oneonta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Oneonta: 2 producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley View Road | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Oneonta in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Oneonta | $8,000 | Widely scattered trees were snapped and uprooted. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Oneonta | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees along Highway 8. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Oneonta | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Oneonta | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road and damaged power poles. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Oneonta | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto the road. |
| August 2020 | Hail | West Oneonta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Oneonta | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Otsdawa | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mill Creek Estates | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Laurens | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| West Laurens | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Emmons | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Otego | 6.0 miles | 15 |
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 Oneonta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740528 | 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 970832. 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.








