Hicks, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Baldwin town. It lies in ZIP code area 14859. It lies near Porter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle.

Hicks within Chemung County

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hicks, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of Hicks, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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.

1902 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

83 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Hicks between 2000 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined	44
Debris and open burning	16
Arson/incendiarism	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
23 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
22 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
16 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 August 2005	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 August 2018	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	3.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
8 July 2018	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung 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 Hicks: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	George Root Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
	Town Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chemung 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Owens Mills	3.9 miles	29
North Chemung	4.3 miles	26
Erin	5.1 miles	27
Erin Estates	5.2 miles	27
Van Etten Junction	5.4 miles	27
Van Etten	6.2 miles	27
Swartwood	7.0 miles	27
Breesport	7.1 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972614. 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.