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Taughannock Falls, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ulysses town. It lies in ZIP code area 14886. It stands on Cold Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ludlowville quadrangle.

Taughannock Falls within Tompkins County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Taughannock Falls, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Taughannock Falls, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

44 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Taughannock Falls between 2002 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
19 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Taughannock Falls: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Halite, Limestone, General. 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
Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cayuga Mine and MillHalitePast ProducerHalite
Cargill, Inc., Div. of Cayuga RockSaltPlant
Cayuga Crushed Stone IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayuga Rock Salt CoreSaltProspect

Every working recorded in Tompkins 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
Halseyville1.2 miles23
Jacksonville1.6 miles25
Willow Creek2.1 miles25
Podunk2.7 miles23
Trumansburg3.0 miles23
Lansing Station3.1 miles25
Duboise Corner3.7 miles37
Krum Corner3.8 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973140. 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.