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.
Then and now
1903 to 1992The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Harford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS Lisle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Lisle quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Nanticoke | $15,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree at Caldwell Hills Road and Treiber Road. |
| December 2020 | Flash Flood | Nanticoke | $5,000 | Flooding was occurring along Caldwell Hill Road near Baldwin Street. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | $3,000 | Numerous trees and wires were knocked down on Greenwood Park Road in Nanticoke. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | $2,000 | Multiple trees and power lines were blown down closing several roads. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on Ford Hill Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree, blocking a road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nanticoke | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Nanticoke | - | Report received from Glenwood Road. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Nanticoke | - | 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 2011 | Hail | Nanticoke | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Nanticoke | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiona | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Glen Aubrey | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hydeville | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Meadowbrooke Estates | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Maine | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Manningville | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Center Lisle | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Whitney Point | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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.









