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Conklin Forks, 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 13903. It stands on West Fork Little Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.

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

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

112 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Conklin Forks between 2001 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
26 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Conklin Forks: 1 past producer, 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
Conklin Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Conklin Forks in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 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
August 2018Flash FloodConklin Forks$15,000Flash flooding along Pierce Creek Road trapped residents in a home near Roberts Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindConklin Forks$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down multiple trees and wires on Brinkman Road.
August 2020Flash FloodConklin Forks$10,000Flash flooding was occurring along Conklin Forks Road.
August 2011Flash FloodConklin Forks$10,000Water from very heavy rains was flowing across Pierce Creek road.
August 2018Flash FloodConklin Forks$5,000Flash flooding from Snake Creek was occurring over Brady Hill Road.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindConklin Forks$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto powerlines.
July 2011HailConklin Forks-no account filed
July 2011HailConklin Forks-no account filed
August 2008HailConklin Forks-no account filed

Every storm 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
Conklin2.9 miles24
Conklin Station3.2 miles24
Hawleyton3.2 miles23
Kirkwood3.3 miles24
Conklin Center3.5 miles24
Corbettsville3.5 miles24
Summit Hill4.0 miles23
Park Terrace4.4 miles23

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 Q122545123The 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 947291. 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.