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East Elmira, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Elmira town. It lies in ZIP code area 14861. It stands on Goldsmith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wellsburg quadrangle.

East Elmira within Chemung County

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Elmira, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of East Elmira, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

373 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of East Elmira between 1993 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined189
Smoking56
Arson/incendiarism47
Natural30
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of East Elmira: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 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 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lowman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 3 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
Carriage Estates2.5 miles26
Birchland Park2.9 miles26
Lowman3.0 miles26
North Chemung3.0 miles26
Dewittsburg Park Housing Project3.4 miles32
Holly Park Terrace3.7 miles26
Wellsburg3.8 miles26
Elmira4.1 miles32

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 Q122571691The 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 972416. 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.