Hoopers Valley, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nichols town. It lies in ZIP code area 13812. It stands on Hoopers Valley Island. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.

Hoopers Valley within Tioga 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 Hoopers Valley, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of Hoopers Valley, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

1903 USGS Owego quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Barton quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Owego quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Barton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

69 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Hoopers Valley between 1999 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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	27
Debris and open burning	19
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Natural	7
Smoking	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Fireworks	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
12 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
10 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
3 July 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 July 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
9 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
25 June 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hoopers Valley: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Albro Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barton Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Barton Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
C & C Ready Mix Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Owego Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Park Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Porter Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Porter Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Porters Sand and Gravel Pit No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tioga 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
Smithboro	0.6 miles	22
Nichols	1.4 miles	21
Tioga Center	3.1 miles	21
Barton	3.2 miles	22
Litchfield	3.7 miles	22
Lounsberry	3.7 miles	21
Ellistown	4.6 miles	22
Briggs Hollow	4.6 miles	21

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 Q122593049

The 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 953168. 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.