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Conklin Center, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Conklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 13748. It lies near Moore Island. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.

Conklin Center within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Conklin Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Conklin Center, surveyed 1904

On record in Conklin Center

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

10 surveys from 24 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

147 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Conklin Center between 1995 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined73
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome 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 Conklin Center: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
Conklin Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome 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
Langdon1.0 miles24
Kirkwood1.2 miles24
Conklin1.5 miles24
Kirkwood Center1.8 miles24
Conklin Station2.4 miles24
Fivemile Point2.6 miles24
Corbettsville2.9 miles24
Conklin Forks3.5 miles24

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 Q122590392The 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 947289. 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.