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Groveland, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Groveland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14462. The Survey maps it on the Sonyea quadrangle.

Groveland within Livingston County

Then and now

1905 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Groveland, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Groveland, surveyed 1905

On record in Groveland

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

112 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Groveland between 2002 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural10
Debris and open burning7
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2010Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Groveland: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Chester L. Mcmaster S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chester L. Mcmaster S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groveland in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
April 2008Thunderstorm WindGroveland$150,000no account filed
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGroveland$25,000Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds.
January 1999Flash FloodGroveland$15,000no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGroveland$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindGroveland$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
January 1999Flash FloodGroveland$10,000no account filed
January 1999Flash FloodGroveland$10,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGroveland$2,000Trees and wires downed in Groveland.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindGroveland$2,000Trees and wires were downed in Groveland.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindGroveland$500Tree downed 3 miles south of Groveland.
July 2020Flash FloodGroveland-Route 36 in West Sparta was closed due to flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Livingston 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
Kysorville1.7 miles21
West Sparta2.6 miles21
Groveland Corners2.7 miles21
Scottsburg2.9 miles22
Sonyea3.2 miles21
East Groveland5.3 miles21
Maple Beach5.4 miles22
Walkleys Landing5.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951869. 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.