Built in 1902. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1907.
From the record
“Unadilla Forks School, also known as Plainfield Town District No. 8 School and Wimac Rebekan Lodge 51, is a historic school building located at Unadilla Forks in Otsego County, New York. It was built in 1902 and is a two-story rectangular structure, with a two-story central projecting vestibule wing.”
Wikipedia article Unadilla Forks School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 79 National Register listings published here for Otsego County · listed in 1998 · category: Building · built in 1902.
National Register reference number.98001117- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
36 since 1995
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Unadilla Forks School
between 1995 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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
14
Arson/incendiarism
10
Natural
4
Debris and open burning
4
Smoking
3
Misuse of fire by a minor
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Unadilla Forks School: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Unadilla Forks, the town this property stands in, in 13 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.
A cold front moved across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening of July 2nd resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in some areas with Ausable Forks and Horseshoe Lake being the areas hardest hit. In Keeseville lightning started a fire which destroyed a house.
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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