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North Cohocton, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Cohocton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14808. It lies near Pine Hill. The Survey maps it on the Naples quadrangle.

North Cohocton within Steuben County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Cohocton, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of North Cohocton, surveyed 1900

On record in North Cohocton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of North Cohocton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning21
Smoking8
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2001Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
11 August 2001Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 August 1997Smoking1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 North Cohocton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Monier Estate No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Wilcox PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Cohocton in 1 storm report in 2014: 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
July 2014Flash FloodNorth Cohocton$50,000Several homes were surrounded by flood waters. Swiftwater rescue teams were conducting evacuations of residents.

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Atlanta0.6 miles25
Kirkwood1.9 miles25
Lent Hill3.6 miles25
Ingleside3.8 miles25
Cohocton4.6 miles22
Wayland6.6 miles22
Patchinville6.9 miles22
Wallace8.3 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122539923The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958750. 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.