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Fisherville, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Big Flats town. It lies in ZIP code area 14845. The Survey maps it on the Horseheads quadrangle.

Fisherville within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fisherville, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Fisherville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

310 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Fisherville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined129
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism49
Smoking30
Natural20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung 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 Fisherville: 2 producers, 2 past 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
E.R. Wolcott Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Horseheads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horsheads PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Janoski's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fisherville in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFisherville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on the corner of Lilac and Aster Drives.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindFisherville$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree over Hickory Grove Road.
February 2023HailFisherville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chemung 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
Pioneer Village2.5 miles32
Horseheads2.7 miles32
Elmira Heights3.1 miles32
Collingwood3.2 miles32
Tompkins Corners3.4 miles32
Orchard Knoll3.7 miles32
Big Flats3.8 miles32
Hathorn Court4.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950169. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.