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Java Village, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Java town. It lies in ZIP code area 14009. It stands on Beaver Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Strykersville quadrangle. It stands 1,089 feet above sea level.

Java Village within Wyoming County

Then and now

1923 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Java Village, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Java Village, surveyed 1923

On record in Java Village

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Java Village between 2000 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 June 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming 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 Java Village: 1 prospect, 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
Han-Kin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Salt WellSaltProspect

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Strykersville2.3 miles15
Plants Corner2.4 miles15
Java Center3.1 miles15
Frinks Corner3.4 miles15
Curriers3.7 miles15
Dutch Hollow4.5 miles15
Sheldon4.6 miles15
Punkshire Corners5.0 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on Java VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740537The 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 953945. 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.