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Nanticoke, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Nanticoke town. It lies in ZIP code area 13797. The Survey maps it on the Lisle quadrangle.

Nanticoke within Broome 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 Nanticoke, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Nanticoke, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Nanticoke between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning15
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 June 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nanticoke in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
May 2004HailNanticoke$15,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindNanticoke$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree at Caldwell Hills Road and Treiber Road.
December 2020Flash FloodNanticoke$5,000Flooding was occurring along Caldwell Hill Road near Baldwin Street.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNanticoke$3,000Numerous trees and wires were knocked down on Greenwood Park Road in Nanticoke.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNanticoke$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindNanticoke$2,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down closing several roads.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindNanticoke$2,000Trees were blown down on Ford Hill Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNanticoke$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking a road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNanticoke-A tree was blown down.
May 2000HailNanticoke-Report received from Glenwood Road.
August 2000HailNanticoke-Trained spotters reported golf ball size hail in Nanticoke. Thunderstorm winds also brought down more than 100 trees in Greenwod Park and one picnic shelter was closed due to damage from the storm. A tree was blown onto a truck in Barker but the driver was uninjured.
June 2011HailNanticoke-no account filed
June 2007HailNanticoke-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Tiona2.3 miles30
Glen Aubrey2.6 miles20
Hydeville5.5 miles17
Meadowbrooke Estates5.5 miles17
Maine5.7 miles30
Manningville5.7 miles20
Center Lisle5.8 miles20
Whitney Point5.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958247. 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.

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.