Parr Harbor, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Waterloo town. It lies in ZIP code area 13165. It stands on Gem Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geneva North quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Parr Harbor
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 10 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
US Post Office-Waterloolisted 1989 · 0.7 miles away
M'Clintock Houselisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
William H. Burton Houselisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Waterloo Librarylisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away
Saint Paul's Churchlisted 1997 · 0.9 miles away
James Russell Webster Houselisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away- Waterloo High Schoollisted 2019 · 0.5 miles away
- Waterloo Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2017 · 0.7 miles away
- United Methodist Churchlisted 2004 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1902 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Geneva North quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Geneva North 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 Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Parr Harbor between 1997 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 20 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 | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Natural | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parr Harbor: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Gulch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterloo | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Packwood Corners | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Stone Church Corner | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| East Geneva | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Clemsons Corners | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Rose Hill | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Town of Seneca Falls | 4.3 miles | 24 | |
| Magee | 4.3 miles | 24 |
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 Q122558071 | 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 973944. 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.







