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Nubia, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Groton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13073. It stands on Webster Brook. The Survey maps it on the Groton quadrangle.

Nubia within Tompkins County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nubia, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Nubia, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

101 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Nubia between 2002 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins 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 Nubia: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mc Connels PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Summerhill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Summerhill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tompkins 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
Lafayette Corners0.5 miles24
Groton City2.0 miles24
McLean2.3 miles24
Fitts Corners2.4 miles24
Morton Corners3.0 miles24
Groton4.1 miles24
Peruton4.3 miles24
Red Mills4.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959054. 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.