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Harford Mills, 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 13835. The Survey maps it on the Harford quadrangle.

Harford Mills 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 Mills, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Harford Mills, 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Harford Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
11 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 July 2011Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 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 Mills: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Harrington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
P.Overbaugh No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Surburban No.2 WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cortland County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harford Mills in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindHarford Mills$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Michigan Hill Road.
July 2021HailHarford Mills-A severe thunderstorm produced 1 inch hail.

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
Harford1.7 miles21
Hunts Corners5.0 miles22
Lapeer5.8 miles22
Virgil6.9 miles23
East Virgil7.8 miles22
Messengerville8.6 miles22
Riverside Manor8.7 miles22
Marathon9.2 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122568815The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952227. 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.