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Crest View Heights, New York

30 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 stands on Apalachin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Endicott quadrangle.

Crest View Heights 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 Crest View Heights, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Crest View Heights, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Crest View Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined93
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Crest View Heights: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 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
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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

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
Tioga Terrace1.2 miles30
Apalachin2.0 miles29
Campville2.0 miles29
South Apalachin4.1 miles29
Foster4.2 miles29
Whittemore4.7 miles30
Gaskill5.3 miles29
Price Home5.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947743. 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.