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Collingwood, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Catlin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14845. It stands on Madison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Flats quadrangle.

Collingwood within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Collingwood, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Collingwood, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

225 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Collingwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined99
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism27
Smoking19
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2020Recreation and ceremony2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Collingwood: 2 past producers, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
E.R. Wolcott Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Horseheads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horsheads PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chemung 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
Tompkins Corners0.2 miles32
Pine Valley2.8 miles32
Fisherville3.2 miles32
Pioneer Village3.8 miles32
Horseheads4.3 miles32
Midway4.4 miles31
Post Creek4.5 miles32
Big Flats5.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514280. 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.