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Fairfield, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Candor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13811. It lies near Diamond Peak. The Survey maps it on the Candor quadrangle.

Fairfield 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 Fairfield, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Fairfield, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

90 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield between 1999 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural7
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes1
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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 Fairfield: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
C.Miller No.1 WellSaltProspect
Owego Town of Highway Dept PitSand 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
West Newark2.4 miles29
Upper Fairfield2.6 miles25
Hubbardtown3.0 miles21
Weltonville3.0 miles29
Jenksville3.2 miles21
Hamar Estates3.3 miles21
Candor3.4 miles21
Flemingville4.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972454. 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.