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West Windsor, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Windsor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13865. It lies near Sherwood Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.

West Windsor within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 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 Windsor, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Windsor, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

109 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of West Windsor between 1995 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Windsor: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Conklin Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Windsor in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Windsor$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees on Frost Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWest Windsor$10,000Trees were blown down.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWest Windsor$8,000Thunderstorms winds damaged the siding and porch of a house. Window fans and a window air conditioner was also damaged. This was an isolated incident.
September 2022HailWest Windsor-no account filed
July 2012HailWest Windsor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Brookvale2.2 miles24
Dunbar2.4 miles16
Kirkwood Center2.5 miles24
Langdon2.7 miles24
Fivemile Point3.2 miles24
West Colesville3.2 miles14
Lester3.4 miles16
Occanum3.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970890. 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.