East Richford, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Richford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13835. The Survey maps it on the Richford quadrangle.

East Richford 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 Richford, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of East Richford, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1903 USGS Harford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Richford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

48 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of East Richford between 1995 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
25 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of East Richford: 2 producers, 2 past 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Harrington Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
P.Overbaugh No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Surburban No.2 Well	Salt	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Richford	2.7 miles	21
East Berkshire	4.5 miles	21
Berkshire	4.9 miles	21
Wilson Creek	5.9 miles	21
New Connecticut	6.8 miles	21
Ketchumville	7.5 miles	20
Jenksville	8.5 miles	21
West Newark	9.9 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972429. 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.