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East Newark, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Newark Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 13811. The Survey maps it on the Newark Valley quadrangle.

East Newark within Tioga County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 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 Newark, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of East Newark, surveyed 1901

On record in East Newark

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

108 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of East Newark between 1999 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Newark: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. 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
Owego Town of Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
R.G.Hotchkiss No.1 WellSaltProspect

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Newark Valley2.3 miles29
Hullsville3.4 miles29
Whittemore4.6 miles30
New Connecticut4.8 miles21
Foster5.1 miles29
Weltonville5.2 miles29
Gaskill5.4 miles29
Ketchumville5.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972425. 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.