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West Schuyler, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Schuyler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13502. It stands on Wood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Utica East quadrangle.

West Schuyler within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 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 Schuyler, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Schuyler, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

289 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of West Schuyler between 2000 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined140
Smoking42
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism35
Natural19
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Schuyler: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
Ace of Diamonds MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer1967

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

16 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Schuyler in 16 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 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
July 2017Flash FloodWest Schuyler$1,000,000Several flooding reports were received in the Mohawk Valley. A person was trapped in their house in the Town of Schuyler due to flooding off Route 5S. That route was closed in the Village of Frankfort, along with Route 171 and West Main Street. Route 5 was closed from the Town of Schuyler to Little Falls with portions of the roadway under water. The Wal-Mart in Herkimer had to be evacuated due to flooding concerns.
August 2023Flash FloodWest Schuyler$50,000Multiple homes were flooded along New York Route 5 in the Town of Schuyler.
August 2023FloodWest Schuyler$20,000Multiple homes were flooded along New York Route 5 in the Town of Schuyler.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Schuyler-A 911 call center operator reported trees and wires down blocking Cosby Manor Road in the town of Schuyler.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Schuyler-A local emergency manager reported a tree down on a trailer on Sycamore Lane in town of Schuyler. No injuries were reported.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Schuyler-A local emergency manager reported a tree down on trailer home on Country Rd in the town of Schuyler. No injuries were reported.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Schuyler-A tree fell onto a trailer.
October 2019Flash FloodWest Schuyler-Route 5 was closed due to flooding between Windfall Road and Drive-In Road.
October 2019Flash FloodWest Schuyler-Route 5 was closed between Newport Road and Millers Grove Road due to flooding.
November 2019FloodWest Schuyler-Route 5 was closed due to flooding between Windfall Road and Drive-In Road.
November 2019FloodWest Schuyler-Route 5 was closed between Newport Road and Millers Grove Road due to flooding.
October 2019FloodWest Schuyler-Route 55 was impassible near the Herkimer and Oneida County borders.
June 2016HailWest Schuyler-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in the town of Schuyler.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindWest Schuyler-Trees and wires were reported down on Taft Ave in the town of Schuyler, near the city of Utica border.
September 2011FloodWest Schuyler-Route 5S at Turner Street in Frankfort was closed due to flooding.
August 2008HailWest Schuyler-Quarter size hail was reported near Windfall during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
Baker Corners0.9 miles24
West Frankfort1.0 miles24
Harbor1.1 miles24
Frankfort Center3.3 miles24
Stewart Corners4.8 miles24
East Schuyler5.1 miles23
Johnson Corners5.2 miles23
Frankfort5.9 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122550078The 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 970862. 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.