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East Nichols, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nichols town. It lies in ZIP code area 13827. The Survey maps it on the Owego quadrangle.

East Nichols within Tioga County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 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 Nichols, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of East Nichols, surveyed 1903

On record in East Nichols

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

10 surveys from 21 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

50 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of East Nichols between 1999 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1

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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionBIRD
3 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 June 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 May 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 May 2007Smokingunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Nichols: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Albro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Porter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Porter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Briggs Hollow1.4 miles21
Gibson Corners2.7 miles21
South Owego3.8 miles29
Lounsberry4.5 miles21
Nichols4.6 miles21
Tioga Center4.9 miles21
Horton Crossing5.8 miles21
Hoopers Valley6.0 miles22

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 Q122564879The 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 972426. 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.