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Glen Castle, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chenango town. It lies in ZIP code area 13901. It stands on Glen Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle.

Glen Castle within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glen Castle, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Glen Castle, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

293 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Glen Castle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 263 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined126
Arson/incendiarism35
Smoking32
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Glen Castle: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPlant
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Serafini PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Van Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glen Castle in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 1 lightning, 1 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGlen Castle$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on Oak Hill Road, near the intersection with Route 12.
July 2017LightningGlen Castle$1,000A thunderstorm developed over the area and produced lightning which struck a tree in the town of Chenango on Susan Street.

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Fortress Estates0.6 miles23
Hinmans Corners1.4 miles23
Newmans Corner1.6 miles23
Chenango Bridge2.5 miles24
New Ireland2.5 miles23
Kattellville2.9 miles24
Choconut Center3.2 miles23
Port Dickinson3.2 miles23

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 Q122547256The 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 951170. 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.