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North Spencer, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Spencer town. It lies in ZIP code area 14883. It lies near Hulburt Hollow. The Survey maps it on the West Danby quadrangle.

North Spencer within Tioga County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 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 Spencer, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of North Spencer, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 33 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of North Spencer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 154 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
26 September 2015Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2009Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Spencer: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
E.C.Kesselring No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Spencer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Spencer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Spencer in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2015Flash FloodNorth Spencer$400,000Flood water was surrounding a house on Hurlbert Hollow Road. Water was also flowing across County Routes 96 and 34.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Spencer$20,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
September 2018Flash FloodNorth Spencer$20,000Flash flooding was occurring over several sections of Route 96. All lanes were closed.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Spencer$3,000Outflow winds from nearby storm knocked down two trees on Ithaca Road. One tree fell on wires.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Spencer3.3 miles23
Crum Town3.3 miles28
West Candor5.4 miles23
Gridleyville7.2 miles21
Willseyville7.2 miles28
Halsey Valley8.7 miles23
Candor8.9 miles21
North Barton9.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958926. 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.