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Owego Heights, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Tioga town. It lies in ZIP code area 13827. It stands on Hoyt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Candor quadrangle.

Owego Heights within Tioga County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Owego Heights, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Owego Heights, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

77 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Owego Heights between 1995 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning16
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Owego Heights: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. 6 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
C.Miller No.1 WellSaltProspect
K.Pompelly No.1 WellSaltProspect
Bunce PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Catatonk PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Concrete Materials S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
County FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J. W. Bishop Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Newman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Owego PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pipher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Catatonk0.9 miles21
Flemingville2.7 miles29
Hamar Estates3.0 miles21
Germany Hill3.1 miles21
Goodrich3.2 miles21
Owego3.5 miles21
Catlin Hill3.8 miles21
Hubbardtown3.9 miles21

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 Q122550131The 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 2507633. 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.