Howard, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Howard town. It lies in ZIP code area 14809. It lies near Rice Glen. The Survey maps it on the Canisteo quadrangle.

Howard within Steuben County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Howard, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Howard, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1915 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Canisteo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Howard between 1996 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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	12
Debris and open burning	10
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
11 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
7 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 June 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
1 June 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 June 2006	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howard in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Howard	$45,000	A line of thunderstorms became severe over central portions of the county during the late morning hours. Widespread wind damage was the result. Several large trees and power lines were downed in the towns of Jasper and Howard as the line of storms moved through from 1135 to 1140 am EDT. In Jasper, portions of route 72 had to be closed for about an hour while crews cleared fallen debris. Further east from Bath through Savona, more trees were toppled and additional road closures came about. Most notably, route 13 through downtown Bath was blocked by large tree limbs. As the southern end of the squall line moved into eastern sections of the county, it began to weaken.
June 2014	Flash Flood	Howard	$20,000	Water was flowing over roads near Craig Road and the Turnpike.
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Howard	$10,000	Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires across a road.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Howard	$10,000	A severe thunderstorm produced severe winds as it moved across the area. The thunderstorm resulted in a few trees being knocked over.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Howard	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over trees on a power line.
July 2015	Funnel Cloud	Howard	-	A funnel cloud was reported.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Howard	-	Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2016	Hail	Howard	-	no account filed
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Howard	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Jobs Corner	3.5 miles	20
Towlesville	3.5 miles	17
Big Creek	3.5 miles	21
Butcher Corner	3.7 miles	21
Greenville	4.4 miles	20
Buena Vista	4.4 miles	21
Haskinville	5.1 miles	20
Bloomerville	5.3 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953301. 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.

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.