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Dewittsburg Park Housing Project, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Elmira City. It lies in ZIP code area 14901. It lies near Jones Island. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle.

Dewittsburg Park Housing Project within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dewittsburg Park Housing Project, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Dewittsburg Park Housing Project, surveyed 1895

On record in Dewittsburg Park Housing Project

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 12 of 21 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Chemung County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

452 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 452 fires within 5 miles of Dewittsburg Park Housing Project between 1993 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 73 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/undetermined215
Arson/incendiarism73
Smoking68
Debris and open burning31
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dewittsburg Park Housing Project: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
J.Murphy No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Horseheads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horsheads PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung 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
Elmira0.7 miles32
Hathorn Court2.1 miles32
Hoffman Plaza Housing Project2.2 miles32
Southport2.8 miles32
West Elmira2.9 miles32
Elmira Heights3.1 miles32
East Elmira3.4 miles26
Golden Glow Heights4.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2376813. 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.