BlockBefore

Glenora, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Starkey town. It lies in ZIP code area 14837. It stands on Big Stream. The Survey maps it on the Reading Center quadrangle.

Glenora within Yates County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenora, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Glenora, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Glenora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning23
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates 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 Glenora: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Arcangeli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haring PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Holly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lovers Lane PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Padua PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Searsburg PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yates County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenora in 1 storm report in 2007: 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
July 2007HailGlenora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yates 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
Lakemont1.4 miles24
Rock Stream2.0 miles30
Starkey2.6 miles24
Dundee3.6 miles24
Himrod6.6 miles24
Porter Corner7.1 miles22
Crystal Spring7.2 miles21
Barrington8.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951219. 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.