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Lounsberry, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nichols town. It lies in ZIP code area 13812. It stands on Pipe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Owego quadrangle.

Lounsberry within Tioga County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lounsberry, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Lounsberry, surveyed 1903

On record in Lounsberry

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

79 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Lounsberry between 1995 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning21
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 July 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lounsberry: 8 producers, 7 past producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. 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
K.Pompelly No.1 WellSaltProspect
Albro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bunce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C & C Ready Mix Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Concrete Materials S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
J. W. Bishop Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Owego PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Owego PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lounsberry in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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
September 2011Flash FloodLounsberry$10,000,000The Engelbert farm which is just east of Lounsberry on East River Road is several feet under water and has been since mid-afternoon. There is significant damage to equipment, buildings and crops. Some livestock were lost in the flash flood.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLounsberry$50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and wires. Roads blocked off in Lounsberry. Trees on cars and trucks in Owego.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLounsberry$10,000Trees down throughout the southern part of the county.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindLounsberry$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindLounsberry$3,000A few trees were blown down county-wide.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLounsberry$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires at Skyline Road and 17C.
June 2023HailLounsberry$1,000Windshield got cracked by falling hail.
September 2011HailLounsberry-no account filed

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
Tioga Center0.7 miles21
Horton Crossing2.1 miles21
Nichols3.0 miles21
Briggs Hollow3.2 miles21
Catlin Hill3.2 miles21
Hoopers Valley3.7 miles22
Smithboro3.8 miles22
Goodrich3.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956053. 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.