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East Homer, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Homer town. It lies in ZIP code area 13077. It stands on Albright Creek. The Survey maps it on the Truxton quadrangle. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.

East Homer within Cortland County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Homer, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of East Homer, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

67 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of East Homer between 1997 and 2018, burning about 52 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
1 September 2017Fireworksunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland 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 East Homer: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Compagni PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Homer PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Homer PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Homer in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindEast Homer$6,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees on roads and one onto a house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Homer$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple powerlines on Route 13.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindEast Homer-Trees down.

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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 River1.4 miles23
Loring Crossing3.6 miles22
Pratt Corners3.9 miles22
Little York3.9 miles22
Slab City4.0 miles22
Homer4.6 miles22
McGraw4.9 miles23
Maybury Mills4.9 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on East HomerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740251The 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 949129. 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.