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Lockwood, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Barton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14859. It stands on Dean Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle.

Lockwood within Tioga County

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lockwood, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Lockwood, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Lockwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 239 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lockwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
George Root PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lockwood in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2012Tornado (EF1)Lockwood$60,000This is a continuation of the 14 mile long tornado that first touched down in North Chemung, Chemung County. The tornado moved east and entered Tioga County on a hill just northwest of Lockwood and then moved through the town of Lockwood. East of Lockwood and similar to the Elmira tornado, the tornado takes a turn to the southeast doing heavy damage along Crandall Hill Road and down across Oak Hill Road ending just east of there and north of the town of Barton. The majority of damage was to softwood and hardwood trees which were uprooted or snapped. Unlike the extensive straight-line wind damage found to the south of this track, this damage clearly had signs of circular motion in a very concentrated and narrow path. The damage path averaged about 200 yards wide. Some homes, garages and sheds were damaged by wind with trim or siding torn or shingles off roofs. Some homes had more significant damage from trees falling on them. One barn was completely destroyed.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindLockwood$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Reniff1.8 miles29
Glencairn3.3 miles22
North Barton3.7 miles22
North Waverly5.0 miles29
Cedar Park Terrace5.6 miles29
Waverly5.7 miles29
East Waverly5.8 miles29
Park Terrace6.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955788. 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.