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Smithboro, New York

22 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 13734. It lies near Hoopers Valley Island. The Survey maps it on the Barton quadrangle.

Smithboro 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 Smithboro, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Smithboro, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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 Smithboro between 1995 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning24
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 June 2007Debris and open burningunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Smithboro: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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
Albro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barton Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
C & C Ready Mix Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Owego PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Park PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Porter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Porter Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Porters Sand and Gravel Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithboro in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2011Flash FloodSmithboro$2,000,000Catastrophic flash flooding was reported in and around Smithboro. Numerous roads and bridges were severely damaged.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindSmithboro$20,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires. A tree was knocked down on a house.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSmithboro$5,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSmithboro$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked a tree onto wires.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSmithboro$2,000Strong thunderstorms winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a roadway.
September 2011HailSmithboro-no account filed

Every storm 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
Hoopers Valley0.6 miles22
Nichols2.0 miles21
Barton2.6 miles22
Tioga Center3.2 miles21
Litchfield3.6 miles22
Lounsberry3.8 miles21
Ellistown4.4 miles22
Briggs Hollow5.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965524. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.