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Mount Upton, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guilford town. It lies in ZIP code area 13809. The Survey maps it on the Guilford quadrangle.

Mount Upton within Chenango County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mount Upton, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Mount Upton, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Mount Upton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 May 2020Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
21 May 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Upton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Number 17 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 17Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chenango County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mount Upton in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMount Upton$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chenango 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
Rockwells Mills1.6 miles18
Lathams Corners2.5 miles18
Rockdale3.6 miles18
White Store4.2 miles18
Guilford Center4.4 miles18
Parker4.5 miles18
Ives Settlement5.1 miles18
Guilford5.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957915. 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.