Westernville, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Western town. It lies in ZIP code area 13486. It stands on Deans Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Westernville quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The 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.


On record in Westernville
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 2 records
Gen. William Floyd HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971
Western Town Halllisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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.
- 1904 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Westernville quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Westernville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Utica quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Westernville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westernville in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Lightning | Westernville | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Lightning struck a tree which a boy was standing under at the A-OK Campgrounds and Marina. The boy was shocked but had no permanent damage. Lightning also struck the metal enclosure around the campground's 2,000 gallon gas tank. |
| July 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Westernville | $107,500 | A tornado touched down in the Woods Valley Ski Area and then |moved northeast into downtown Westernville. The tornado caused |considerable damage along Main street. Several roofs were blown |off houses and numerous trees were uprooted and snapped. The |tornado continued to move northeast crossing the Mohawk River|and paralled east of River Road, leading to crop damage and a |roof torn off of a barn before lifting. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $20,000 | Numerous trees down and a utility pole snapped in half from strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $10,000 | Power lines were blown down across Main Street. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $2,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $1,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westernville | $1,000 | A tree fell on car. There were no injuries. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Westernville | - | Water was flowing along portions of Route 46 in Westernville. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Westernville | - | Numerous road closures in Westernville due to excessive rainfall. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Westernville | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Westernville | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Westernville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchville | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| North Western | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Big Brook | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Carmichael Hill | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Hillside | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Canterbury Hill | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Camroden | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Elmer Hill | 4.0 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970916. 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.
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.








