Arabia, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13856. The Survey maps it on the Treadwell quadrangle.

Arabia within Delaware County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arabia, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Arabia, surveyed 1915

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.

1915 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Oneonta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Treadwell quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1945 USGS Treadwell quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

30 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Arabia between 2001 and 2018, burning about 28 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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	22
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Natural	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
4 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 June 2004	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 May 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 May 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 May 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 May 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Arabia: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
	M.Hazlett No.1 Well	Salt, Natural Gas	Prospect

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Delhi	2.5 miles	15
Treadwell	2.9 miles	15
Mundale	3.1 miles	15
West Meredith	3.7 miles	15
Leonta	5.6 miles	16
Fraser	6.1 miles	16
Franklin	6.5 miles	16
North Franklin	6.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972170. 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.