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Glen Grove, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Urbana town. It lies in ZIP code area 14840. The Survey maps it on the Hammondsport quadrangle.

Glen Grove within Steuben County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Grove, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Glen Grove, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

68 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Glen Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning13
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPIGTAIL FIRE #2
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNew York Forest RangersURBANA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Glen Grove: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
C.Champlin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Daltry No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sleve PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Urbana0.9 miles23
North Urbana2.3 miles23
Grove Springs2.6 miles23
Hammondsport3.1 miles23
Elmbois3.6 miles23
Catawba3.9 miles23
South Pulteney4.0 miles21
Gibson Landing4.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972543. 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.