Luzerne, New York

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1920 1986

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.

• 1920 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1921 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:48000
• 1923 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
• 1943 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:125000
• 1944 USGS Long Eddy quadrangle1:62500
• 1950 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1965 USGS Fishs Eddy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1965 USGS Scranton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Honesdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Luzerne between 1997 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• East Branch
• Pacatacan (historical)
• Centerville
• French Woods
• Goulds
• Pea Brook

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Luzerne: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Delaware County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972747. 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.