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Westdale, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Camden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13483. The Survey maps it on the Westdale quadrangle.

Westdale within Oneida County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westdale, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Westdale, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

58 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Westdale between 1997 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined28
Smoking10
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 1997Smoking3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 June 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 Oneida 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 Westdale: 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
Meaghgr Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westdale in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWestdale$20,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and uprooted multiple trees and forced down many power lines. This storm also knocked over many camp sites and boats. This storm created damage at the Sto-Ne-Nols Campground.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWestdale$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto wires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWestdale$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down onto wires.

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Florence Hill2.7 miles21
Hillsboro4.2 miles21
Florence4.9 miles19
Camden5.1 miles19
Preston Hill6.2 miles21
Empeyville6.9 miles19
Elpis7.2 miles21
Thompsons Corner7.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970908. 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.