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Mitchellsville, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Urbana town. It lies in ZIP code area 14810. The Survey maps it on the Rheims quadrangle.

Mitchellsville within Steuben County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Mitchellsville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mitchellsville, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

61 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Mitchellsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 99 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural2

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
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPIGTAIL FIRE #2
11 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNew York Forest RangersURBANA FIRE
7 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 1993Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
18 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mitchellsville: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
C.Champlin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Arnold PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bath PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bath PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Rheims2.0 miles17
Pleasant Valley2.0 miles17
Hermitage2.2 miles17
Cold Springs2.4 miles18
Wheeler2.7 miles17
Renchans2.9 miles17
Marshalls2.9 miles17
Dineharts3.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957453. 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.