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Gang Mills, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Erwin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14870. It lies near Higman Hill. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.

Gang Mills within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gang Mills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gang Mills, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Gang Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined123
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking26
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2006Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresNew York Forest RangersWEST HILL FIRE
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 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 Steuben 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 Gang Mills: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Zirconium. 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
Corning PlantZirconiumUnknown
E.Collins No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Canada Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coopers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Corning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gang Mills in 9 storm reports between 2005 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$20,000Telephone pole snapped by thunderstorm winds.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$10,000Several trees and tree limbs down on US-15/I-99. Width of damage was about 1/4 mile.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house on Overbrook Drive. The house had some structural damage.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a large tree across a roadway.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down wires near 152 Forest Drive.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$3,000A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over in the area.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGang Mills$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGang Mills-Trees down on Forest Drive in the town of Erwin.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Painted Post1.4 miles23
Riverside1.7 miles23
Erwins2.9 miles23
Coopers Plains3.0 miles23
Corning3.0 miles23
Denmark3.2 miles23
South Corning4.3 miles22
Gibson4.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970157. 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.