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Glencairn, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Barton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14892. It stands on Reed Brook. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.

Glencairn 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 Glencairn, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Glencairn, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Glencairn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking2

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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 2007Debris 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glencairn: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Barton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George Root PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glencairn in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 2 flash flood. 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
September 2011Flash FloodGlencairn$2,000,000Catastrophic flash flooding was reported in the Barton area. Sulpher Springs Road was flooded along with many other roads and bridges. Severe damage was reported.
July 2018Flash FloodGlencairn$5,000Flash flooding on Ellis Creek closed Route 17C.

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
North Barton2.8 miles22
Lockwood3.3 miles29
Barton3.3 miles22
Reniff4.0 miles29
North Waverly4.3 miles29
Park Terrace4.7 miles22
Cedar Park Terrace4.8 miles29
Ellistown4.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972545. 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.