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South Apalachin, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Owego town. It lies in ZIP code area 13732. The Survey maps it on the Apalachin quadrangle.

South Apalachin within Tioga County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Apalachin, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of South Apalachin, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

80 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of South Apalachin between 2002 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Apalachin: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Apalachin in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Apalachin$70,000A microburst hit Apalachin NY at 948 pm EDT Wednesday 7/7/21 |as winds up to 80 mph blasted to the northeast and ended around |Campville at 950 pm EDT. The winds were strongest from McFadden |Road to Shady Hill Road and Route 434 near the eastern end of |Main Street. The winds in these areas were between 70 and 80 mph. |The rest of the Apalachin and Campville areas had winds of 60 to |70 mph estimated. The strongest winds lasted about 2 minutes. |Numerous trees were blown down with many structures having |minor damage and a few sustaining major damage from trees |falling on them. ||This area of damage was within a much broader area of thunderstorm |wind damage of 50 to 60 mph that hit many areas in Broome and Tioga |Counties in NY Wednesday evening July 7th, 2021.
July 2017Flash FloodSouth Apalachin$20,000Water rescues were ongoing from Nichols to South Apalachin along Apalachin Creek and Harnick Roads.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Apalachin$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds snapped multiple trees.

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
Tioga Terrace3.1 miles30
South Owego3.1 miles29
Apalachin3.5 miles29
Crest View Heights4.1 miles30
Campville4.7 miles29
Gibson Corners5.7 miles21
East Nichols6.8 miles21
Price Home6.9 miles29

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 Q122546843The 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 965661. 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.