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Harford, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Harford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13784. The Survey maps it on the Harford quadrangle.

Harford within Cortland 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 Harford, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Harford, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Harford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
22 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2011Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cortland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harford: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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
Mott Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
P.Overbaugh No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Surburban No.2 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

10 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harford in 10 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2023Tornado (EF1)Harford$15,000A tornado touched down near the intersection of Route 38 and Purvis Road in far eastern Tompkins County. It then moved northeastward through a mostly wooded area in Cortland County from Harford to Virgil. The most widespread damage was found along Clute Road where several trees were uprooted and snapped and a large shed/storage building had its roof partially torn off and partially collapsed. The tornado then brought down more trees along a property along Stafford Road before continuing northeastward to West River Road. Several snapped and uprooted trees were observed at residences along this road. The last observed damage was in a wooded area between West River Road and the Tioughnioga River and this is where the tornado lifted.||At the time that the tornado touched down in Tompkins County, it was an EF-0, but it became an EF-1 in Cortland County. The majority of damage occurred in Cortland County.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHarford$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew trees down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHarford$3,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and also damaged the roof of a mobile home.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHarford$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires which blocked a roadway.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHarford$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHarford$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on Owego Hill Road.
July 2021HailHarford-A severe thunderstorm produced 1 inch hail.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHarford-Trees were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHarford-Large branches were broken off by thunderstorm winds.
July 2000FloodHarford-Minor flooding was reported from blocked culverts due to heavy thunderstorm rains.

Every storm recorded in Cortland 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
Harford Mills1.7 miles21
Virgil6.1 miles23
Hunts Corners6.2 miles22
Lapeer6.9 miles22
East Virgil8.2 miles22
Messengerville9.1 miles22
Riverside Manor9.2 miles22
South Cortland9.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952226. 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.