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Whippleville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Malone town. It lies in ZIP code area 12953. The Survey maps it on the Malone quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Whippleville within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

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 Whippleville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Whippleville, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

137 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Whippleville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersBRICK CHURCH RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Whippleville: 8 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Flagstone. 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
Arthur Carlin Property DepositGraphiteProspect
Northern Adriondack QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Malone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northern Adriondack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Campbells PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Francis J. Paro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Francis J. Paro Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Malone MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whippleville in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. 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
June 2022Flash FloodWhippleville$80,000Showers and thunderstorms trained across portions of northeastern Franklin County, NY in the vicinity of Malone and the hamlet of Whippleville. One home in Whippleville was evacuated due to high water from a creek feeding into the nearby Salmon River. A driveway crossing the creek at the residence was overwhelmed and clogged by debris, impounding water, which quickly rose, flooding the residence. County Road 25, 2 miles south-southeast of Whippleville was also closed due to high water as a farm pond and connected drainage overflowed onto the highway. Additionally, a portion of Webster Road, approximately 1 mile southwest of Whippleville near the Malone Fish and Game Club was closed due to high water.
June 2018Flash FloodWhippleville$25,000Training thunderstorms and showers deposited several inches of rainfall across northern Franklin county, including Duane road, between Malone and Whippleville with one resident evacuated.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWhippleville$25,000Numerous and widespread trees downed between Malone and Westfield with Routes 5 and 8 closed due to blocked roads and power lines.
July 2007Flash FloodWhippleville$25,000Portions of County Route 25 washed out due to torrential rains associated with thunderstorms.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWhippleville$10,000Estimated 60 to 70 mph winds with trees down, uprooted and snapped.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindWhippleville$5,000Trees down across Lime Kiln road in Whippleville.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhippleville-Two trees blocking Goodman road beyond Sugar Bush road.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Teboville1.0 miles14
Malone3.2 miles18
Malone Junction3.4 miles18
Chasm Falls4.3 miles14
Skerry7.0 miles16
Fay7.2 miles17
Owls Head7.2 miles18
Bangor7.2 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on WhipplevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740204The 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 971045. 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.