North Urbana, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 14840. The Survey maps it on the Hammondsport 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
7 surveys from 23 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 Hammondsport quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hammondsport 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 Hornell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of North Urbana between 1997 and 2020, burning about 219 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | URBANA FIRE |
| 1 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of North Urbana: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.Champlin No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Bradford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sleve Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town of Tyrone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Town of Tyrone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winding Stairs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Winding Stairs Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Urbana in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | North Urbana | $50,000 | Houses flooding along Coryell Road in the Town of Wayne. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | North Urbana | $10,000 | Excessive rainfall caused a mudslide along County Route 16 in the Urbana area. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Urbana | $8,500 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house. The roof over the porch was damaged and a window was broken. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Grove | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Urbana | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Hammondsport | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Grove Springs | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Bradford | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Rheims | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sylvan Beach | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q122570716 | 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 972877. 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.






