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Curtis, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Campbell town. It lies in ZIP code area 14821. It stands on Curtis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbell quadrangle.

Curtis within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

111 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1993 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest RangersPRESTON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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
E.Collins No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Canada Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coopers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cornell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 3 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 2019Thunderstorm WindCurtis$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on Meads Creek Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCurtis$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires onto roadway.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCurtis$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
East Campbell2.1 miles23
Coopers Plains2.3 miles23
Campbell2.3 miles23
Painted Post5.1 miles23
Thurston5.1 miles19
Gang Mills5.2 miles23
Meads Creek5.8 miles22
Riverside5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972359. 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.