Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
“The Blatchley House is a historic house located at 370 Blatchley Road near Jordanville, Herkimer County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Blatchley House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 74 National Register listings published here for Herkimer County · listed in 2008 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Blatchley House between 2003 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 May 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blatchley House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordanville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jordanville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordanville, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Jordanville | - | There were multiple reports of dime to penny size hail covering the ground in Jordanville. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordanville | - | A barn was blown over due to thunderstorm winds in Jordanville. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordanville | - | Trees and limbs down. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jordanville Public Library | 1.0 miles | 1984 |
 | Holy Trinity Monastery | 1.7 miles | 2011 |
 | Church of the Good Shepherd | 2.2 miles | 1997 |
| Sunset Hill | 4.0 miles | 2007 | |
| Case, James H., III and Laura Rockefeller Case, House | 5.5 miles | 2019 | |
| Van Slyke House | 7.1 miles | 2021 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 08000770 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Herkimer County | All 74 listed properties in this county. |
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