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South Owego, 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 13827. The Survey maps it on the Apalachin quadrangle.

South Owego 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 Owego, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of South Owego, 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of South Owego between 1992 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Naturalunder 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 Owego: 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

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
Gibson Corners2.6 miles21
South Apalachin3.1 miles29
East Nichols3.8 miles21
Apalachin4.4 miles29
Briggs Hollow4.9 miles21
Tioga Terrace5.4 miles30
Campville5.6 miles29
Price Home5.9 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 Q122559707The 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 965834. 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.