Willowemoc, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Neversink town. It lies in ZIP code area 12758. It stands on Fall Brook. The Survey maps it on the Willowemoc quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1910 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Neversink quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Willowemoc quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Willowemoc quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Willowemoc between 2003 and 2016, burning about 14 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2014 | Smoking | 3.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Willowemoc: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaffney Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willowemoc in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 hail, 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.
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122591582 | The 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 971379. 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.











