North Reading, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Reading town. It lies in ZIP code area 14878. The Survey maps it on the Reading Center quadrangle.

North Reading within Schuyler County

Then and now

1898 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 94 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 Reading, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of North Reading, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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.

1898 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Watkins quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Reading Center 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of North Reading between 1992 and 2020, burning about 80 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined	29
Debris and open burning	23
Arson/incendiarism	5
Natural	2
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
7 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 August 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
19 August 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schuyler County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Reading: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
International Salt Co.Well No.18	Salt	Past Producer
Unnamed Salt Wells	Salt	Past Producer
Dunhams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Holly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lovers Lane Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Padua Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Schuyler 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
Reading Center	2.6 miles	30
Altay	2.6 miles	21
Gabriels Junction	4.2 miles	30
Irelandville	4.8 miles	30
Tyrone	5.4 miles	21
Weston	5.8 miles	21
Hector	6.3 miles	23
Burdett	6.9 miles	30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972872. 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.