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Stanbro, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Otselic town. It lies in ZIP code area 13832. It lies near Cole Hill. The Survey maps it on the Otselic quadrangle.

Stanbro within Chenango County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stanbro, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Stanbro, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Stanbro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 May 1997Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango 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 Stanbro: 2 past producers. None of them 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
Otselic Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Smyrna Town Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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
Beaver Meadow0.9 miles19
Otselic Center3.6 miles19
Seventh Day Hollow3.8 miles16
Bonney3.9 miles19
Otselic4.0 miles19
North Pharsalia4.1 miles19
Upperville4.7 miles18
South Otselic4.9 miles16

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 Q122547907The 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 973112. 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.