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Whitman, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Masonville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13804. The Survey maps it on the North Sanford quadrangle.

Whitman within Delaware County

Then and now

1924 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whitman, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Whitman, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Whitman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
16 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 June 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 June 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 May 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 May 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitman in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitman$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on State Highway 8 near Hardwood Hills Golf Course.

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Arctic2.2 miles15
Upper Barbourville2.7 miles15
Masonville3.2 miles15
Ivanhoe3.7 miles15
China3.7 miles15
Barbourville4.1 miles15
Trout Creek5.1 miles15
Tacoma5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973266. 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.