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Gaskill, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Owego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13827. The Survey maps it on the Newark Valley quadrangle.

Gaskill within Tioga County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gaskill, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Gaskill, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Gaskill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 124 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined52
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Debris and open burningunder 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Gaskill: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 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
County FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Newman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Owego Town of Highway Dept PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roots Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gaskill in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 6 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGaskill$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on Day Hollow Road.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindGaskill$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a large tree near 2400 Day Hollow Road, blocking half of the roadway.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGaskill$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Hollister Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGaskill$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Lisle Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGaskill$2,500Strong thunderstorm winds were reported to have knocked down trees across the roadway.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGaskill$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a power line.
May 2014HailGaskill-no account filed

Every storm 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
Hullsville1.9 miles29
Foster2.0 miles29
Price Home2.2 miles29
Whittemore3.2 miles30
Campville3.4 miles29
Flemingville4.3 miles29
Apalachin4.4 miles29
Owego4.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950932. 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.