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Seeley Creek, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Southport town. It lies in ZIP code area 14871. It stands on Mudlick Creek. The Survey maps it on the Seeley Creek quadrangle.

Seeley Creek 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 Seeley Creek, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Seeley Creek, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

84 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Seeley Creek between 1998 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning13
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection5533 MAIN STREET
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.6 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Seeley Creek: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Dale Ridge Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Daggett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jackson Twp Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Webb Mills0.9 miles32
Pine City2.0 miles32
Rosstown2.8 miles32
Sagetown3.5 miles32
Southport4.8 miles32
Golden Glow Heights5.1 miles32
West Elmira5.1 miles32
Harris Hill Manor5.6 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964799. 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.