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Germany Hill, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Tioga town. It lies in ZIP code area 13827. It stands on Chambers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Candor quadrangle.

Germany Hill 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 Germany Hill, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Germany Hill, 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

53 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Germany Hill between 1995 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2000Debris 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Germany Hill: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 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
Bunce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Catatonk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Concrete Materials S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
County FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. W. Bishop Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Newman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Owego PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pipher 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
Straits Corners1.5 miles23
Catatonk2.4 miles21
Owego Heights3.1 miles21
Catlin Hill3.1 miles21
Hamar Estates3.6 miles21
Hubbardtown4.0 miles21
Halsey Valley4.6 miles23
Horton Crossing4.7 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122557404The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972534. 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.