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Lowman, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Ashland town. It lies in ZIP code area 14861. It lies near Hoffman Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wellsburg quadrangle. It stands 840 feet above sea level.

Lowman within Chemung 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 Lowman, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Lowman, surveyed 1902

On record in Lowman

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

157 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Lowman between 2000 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 13 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/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural13
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lowman: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Chemung PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lowman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 3 Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this place

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowman in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2018Flash FloodLowman$10,000Water was flowing across Interstate 86 near the Newtown Battlefield State Park.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowman$10,000Numerous trees and wires were blown down in Baldwin and Chemung.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowman$5,000Trees were blown down across Interior Road at the Garner Hill Campground.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindLowman$2,000Strong thunderstrom winds knocked down trees and wires.
January 2010Flash FloodLowman-Lowman Crossing was flooded due to heavy rains.

Every storm recorded in Chemung 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
Birchland Park0.7 miles26
Wellsburg1.0 miles26
Carriage Estates1.6 miles26
Holly Park Terrace1.8 miles26
East Elmira3.0 miles26
North Chemung5.1 miles26
Chemung5.3 miles29
Southport5.5 miles32

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 LowmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14706838The 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 956121. 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.