New Connecticut, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Newark Valley town. It lies in ZIP code area 13736. The Survey maps it on the Richford quadrangle.

New Connecticut within Tioga 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 New Connecticut, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of New Connecticut, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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.

1903 USGS Harford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Richford quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
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

78 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of New Connecticut between 1999 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined	37
Debris and open burning	22
Natural	8
Arson/incendiarism	6
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2005	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
1 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
9 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.4 acres	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
27 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wilson Creek	0.9 miles	21
East Berkshire	2.3 miles	21
Ketchumville	2.6 miles	20
Berkshire	3.0 miles	21
Newark Valley	3.9 miles	29
East Newark	4.8 miles	29
Jenksville	5.1 miles	21
West Newark	5.1 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972834. 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.