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Tacoma, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Masonville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13839. The Survey maps it on the Trout Creek quadrangle.

Tacoma within Delaware County

Then and now

1924 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tacoma, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Tacoma, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Tacoma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSIDNEY CENTER
9 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 June 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tacoma: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Howe Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unadilla QuarryClayProducer
Unadilla Quarry and MillClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tacoma in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2021Thunderstorm WindTacoma$6,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires in Tompkins and Walton.

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Trout Creek2.2 miles15
East Masonville2.3 miles19
Ivanhoe2.4 miles15
Loomis3.9 miles17
Sidney Center4.0 miles19
Cleaver4.5 miles17
Northfield4.9 miles17
Youngs4.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973136. 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.