Lena, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Lisbon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13810. It stands on Deer Lick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vision quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Lena
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- House at 120 Balcom Roadlisted 2024 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1910 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Hartwick quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Mt Vision quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Mt Vision quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Lena between 1995 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lena: 1 producer. All of them 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hartwick | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Jones Crossing | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fall Bridge | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hartwick | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Welcome | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Vision | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Scotch Hill | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Patent | 3.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972718. 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.








