Birchland Park, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Chemung town. It lies in ZIP code area 14861. It lies near Hoffman Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wellsburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Birchland Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Newtown BattlefieldNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972 · 0.8 miles away
Chemung District School No. 10listed 2008 · 0.4 miles away
Dr. Hovey Everett Houselisted 2007 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1902 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Wellsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wellsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
149 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Birchland Park between 1997 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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 | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Birchland Park: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemung Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chemung Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chemung Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chemung Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lowman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Maple Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Maple Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 3 Maple Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowman | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Holly Park Terrace | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Wellsburg | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Carriage Estates | 2.0 miles | 26 | |
| East Elmira | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| North Chemung | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Chemung | 4.9 miles | 29 | |
| Dewittsburg Park Housing Project | 5.9 miles | 32 |
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 Q122548476 | 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 2514283. 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.










