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Catlin Hill, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Tioga town. It lies in ZIP code area 13827. The Survey maps it on the Owego quadrangle.

Catlin Hill within Tioga County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Catlin Hill, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Catlin Hill, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

70 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Catlin Hill between 1995 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning17
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking2
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 July 2010Missing 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Catlin Hill: 8 producers, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
K.Pompelly No.1 WellSaltProspect
Albro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bunce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C & C Ready Mix Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Catatonk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Concrete Materials S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
County FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. W. Bishop Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Newman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Owego PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Horton Crossing1.6 miles21
Goodrich2.7 miles21
Germany Hill3.1 miles21
Lounsberry3.2 miles21
Tioga Center3.4 miles21
Owego Heights3.8 miles21
Straits Corners3.9 miles23
Catatonk3.9 miles21

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 Q122556776The 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 972305. 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.