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Steuben Valley, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Steuben town. It lies in ZIP code area 13354. It stands on Shepards Brook. The Survey maps it on the Remsen quadrangle.

Steuben Valley within Oneida County

Then and now

1897 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Steuben Valley, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Steuben Valley, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Steuben Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined9
Natural5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
21 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 May 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 May 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 May 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Steuben Valley: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Barneeveld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccartney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spear PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trenton Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
East Floyd1.9 miles19
Merrick Corner2.5 miles19
Steuben2.7 miles19
Barneveld3.3 miles26
Holland Patent3.6 miles26
Remsen3.8 miles26
Mapledale4.3 miles26
Fink Hollow4.5 miles19

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 Q122562619The 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 966375. 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.