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Campville, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Owego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13760. It lies near Kenny Flats. The Survey maps it on the Apalachin quadrangle.

Campville within Tioga County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Campville, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Campville, surveyed 1901

On record in Campville

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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.

Fires near this place

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Campville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined68
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural11
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Campville: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

11 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campville in 11 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 11 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCampville$25,000Trees and wires were blown down from Campville to Owego. Route 17C was closed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCampville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on Marshland Road.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCampville$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCampville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and powerlines.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCampville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down powerlines at Hilton Road and Route 434.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCampville$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires on Canterberry Drive.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCampville$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in Campville.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCampville$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree that fell onto and destroyed a chicken coop.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindCampville$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a power line.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCampville$2,000Small trees were blown down on Route 17C.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCampville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large pine tree.

Every storm recorded in Tioga 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Apalachin1.3 miles29
Crest View Heights2.0 miles30
Tioga Terrace2.7 miles30
Foster2.9 miles29
Gaskill3.4 miles29
Price Home3.7 miles29
Whittemore3.8 miles30
South Apalachin4.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945713. 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.