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Langdon, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 13795. It lies near Moore Island. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.

Langdon within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Langdon, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Langdon, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

148 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Langdon between 1995 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome 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 Langdon: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
Conklin Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weber Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

14 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Langdon in 14 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2021Flash FloodLangdon$50,000Multiple creeks were over their banks in the Town of Binghamton. Several roads were flooded, washed out and impassible.
August 2018Flash FloodLangdon$50,000Flash flooding was reported along Carlin Creek. Water was entering homes.
July 2017Flash FloodLangdon$30,000Flash flooding caused the closure of Route 11 due to high water.
April 2017FloodLangdon$25,000Moderate flooding occurred along the Susquehanna River near Conklin, NY. The river crested at 15.11 feet on April 7th at 4:00 AM.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindLangdon$15,000Severe thunderstorms rolled through southern Broome County early in the morning of the 15th. A microburst with estimated winds at 70 mph blew through Conklin damaging the Conklin Fire Station as a few bricks were knocked off. Numerous trees and branches were blown down in the adjacent neighborhood to the fire station.
January 2014Flash FloodLangdon$15,000An ice jam on Stratmill Creek caused up to one foot of water, and large ice chunks to spill onto Court Street on the east side of the City of Binghamton, New York.
January 2014Flash FloodLangdon$15,000An ice jam caused flood waters to spill into Schneiders Market near the Five Mile Point area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLangdon$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on a house on Wilbur Way.
October 2019Flash FloodLangdon$8,000Park Creek was flooding the area and significantly impacting a bridge. Water was nearly to the road deck of the bridge.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLangdon$6,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a pair of trees onto a vehicle. The vehicle suffered heavy damage. A tow trailer was also lifted and moved.
June 2013Flash FloodLangdon$5,000Schnurbusch Park is flooded, as well as residential yards across the street.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindLangdon$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindLangdon$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto roadway.
September 2009HailLangdon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Conklin Center1.0 miles24
Kirkwood Center1.2 miles24
Kirkwood1.9 miles24
Fivemile Point2.2 miles24
Conklin2.4 miles24
West Windsor2.7 miles24
Conklin Station3.1 miles24
Corbettsville3.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955034. 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.