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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.

Westernville within Oneida 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 Westernville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Westernville, surveyed 1904

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

52 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
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
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

14 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2004LightningWesternville1 hurt, $10,000Lightning 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 2021Tornado (EF1)Westernville$107,500A 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 2004Thunderstorm WindWesternville$20,000Numerous trees down and a utility pole snapped in half from strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWesternville$10,000Power lines were blown down across Main Street.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindWesternville$5,000no account filed
September 1993Thunderstorm WindWesternville$5,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWesternville$2,000Trees were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWesternville$1,000Trees and wires were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWesternville$1,000A tree fell on car. There were no injuries.
January 2018FloodWesternville-Water was flowing along portions of Route 46 in Westernville.
May 2004Flash FloodWesternville-Numerous road closures in Westernville due to excessive rainfall.
June 2008HailWesternville-no account filed
July 2008HailWesternville-no account filed
July 2008HailWesternville-no account filed

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
Frenchville1.9 miles19
North Western2.7 miles19
Big Brook3.2 miles19
Carmichael Hill3.3 miles19
Hillside3.6 miles22
Canterbury Hill3.8 miles22
Camroden3.9 miles19
Elmer Hill4.0 miles22

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.