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New Ireland, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Maine town. It lies in ZIP code area 13905. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle.

New Ireland within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 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 Ireland, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of New Ireland, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of New Ireland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 359 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined137
Smoking38
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2

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
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Ireland: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. 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
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Van Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working 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
West Chenango1.6 miles23
East Maine2.3 miles23
Glen Castle2.5 miles23
Choconut Center2.5 miles23
Fortress Estates2.7 miles23
Hinmans Corners3.3 miles23
Castle Creek3.9 miles23
Stella (historical)3.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958424. 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.