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Pioneer Village, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Horseheads town. It lies in ZIP code area 14845. The Survey maps it on the Horseheads quadrangle.

Pioneer Village within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pioneer Village, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Pioneer Village, surveyed 1895

On record in Pioneer Village

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 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

274 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer Village between 1994 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined119
Arson/incendiarism48
Debris and open burning39
Smoking26
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer Village: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bannister Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
E.R. Wolcott Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Horseheads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horseheads Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horsheads PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Chemung 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
Horseheads0.5 miles32
Orchard Knoll2.1 miles32
Maplehurst Park2.3 miles32
Fisherville2.5 miles32
Elmira Heights3.0 miles32
Pine Valley3.8 miles32
Collingwood3.8 miles32
Tompkins Corners3.8 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514286. 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.