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Sullivanville, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Veteran town. It lies in ZIP code area 14845. It stands on Bulkley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horseheads quadrangle.

Sullivanville within Chemung County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sullivanville, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Sullivanville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

145 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Sullivanville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural10
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chemung 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 Sullivanville: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Bannister Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Breesport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Breesport Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank Treat Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Frank Treat Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horseheads PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horseheads Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Horsheads PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town Source PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivanville in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSullivanville$15,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and power lines along Roemmelt Road.
July 1999LightningSullivanville$15,000Lightning struck a three-story barn on Veteran Hill Road in the town of Veteran twice between 630 and 639 pm. The lightning ignited a fire that totally destroyed the barn which contained 200 to 300 bails of hay inside.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSullivanville$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and powerlines.
August 2019HailSullivanville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chemung 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
Maplehurst Park2.0 miles32
Rush Run2.6 miles32
Breesport3.2 miles27
Horseheads4.0 miles32
Pioneer Village4.0 miles32
Pine Valley4.1 miles32
Orchard Knoll4.4 miles32
Midway4.6 miles31

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 Q122539115The 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 966750. 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.