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Ellistown, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Barton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14892. It stands on Ellis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.

Ellistown 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 Ellistown, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Ellistown, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

112 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Ellistown between 2001 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionTRACKS FIRE
10 September 2001Naturalunder 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 Ellistown: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Athens PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Barton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant No 6 Burns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Porters Sand and Gravel Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Litchfield1.0 miles22
Park Terrace1.2 miles22
East Waverly2.2 miles29
Cedar Park Terrace2.2 miles29
North Waverly2.6 miles29
Waverly2.6 miles29
Barton2.8 miles22
Smithboro4.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949535. 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.