Crum Town, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Spencer town. It lies in ZIP code area 14883. The Survey maps it on the Willseyville quadrangle.

Crum Town within Tioga County

Then and now

1900 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crum Town, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of Crum Town, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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.

1900 USGS Dryden quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
1949 USGS Willseyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Willseyville quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Willseyville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

67 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Crum Town between 2000 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined	37
Arson/incendiarism	13
Debris and open burning	8
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
18 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 September 2009	Natural	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
1 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
1 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 July 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 July 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga 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 Crum Town: 3 producers. All of them still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Spencer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Town of Spencer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Ward's Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Candor	2.8 miles	23
North Spencer	3.3 miles	33
Gridleyville	3.9 miles	21
Spencer	4.1 miles	23
Willseyville	4.3 miles	28
Candor	5.6 miles	21
Hubbardtown	7.7 miles	21
Halsey Valley	7.9 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972353. 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.