BlockNorth Pharsalia, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pharsalia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13844. The Survey maps it on the East Pharsalia quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS East Pharsalia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS East Pharsalia quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of North Pharsalia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BALSAM POND 1 |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Pharsalia in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Hail | North Pharsalia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| East Pharsalia | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Beaver Meadow | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Northwest Corners | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Stanbro | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pharsalia | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| South Otselic | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Plymouth | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Q122556024 | The 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 958873. 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.