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Tracy Creek, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Vestal town. It lies in ZIP code area 13850. It lies near Bolles Hill. The Survey maps it on the Endicott quadrangle.

Tracy Creek within Broome County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tracy Creek, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Tracy Creek, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

94 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Tracy Creek between 2002 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tracy Creek: 5 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
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tracy Creek in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 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
April 2011Flash FloodTracy Creek$4,000,000Broome county experienced significant flash flooding, especially along the route 26 corridor. Route 26 was closed between Glen Aubrey and Whitney Point, with 18 houses cut off by flood waters. Nanticoke Creek in the town of Maine flooded many homes, with water up to the first floor of some homes. The county reported 3.5 million in public sector damages, not including an additional 0.6 million for roadway damages to Interstate 81 in the Binghamton area or damages to about a dozen homes along Route 26. Close to 150 people were evacuated and two shelters were set up.
January 2010Flash FloodTracy Creek$50,000Heavy rains causing serious flash flooding of Tracy Creek Road, as well as parts of the Vestal Parkway. Several homes were flooded in the Vestal Center area.
July 2021Flash FloodTracy Creek$10,000Several roads were flooded.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindTracy Creek$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires on Tracy Creek Road.
June 2019HailTracy Creek-no account filed
June 2019HailTracy Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailTracy Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailTracy Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailTracy Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Ross Corners3.5 miles30
Vestal Center3.6 miles30
South Vestal4.2 miles30
Vestal4.7 miles30
Endicott5.7 miles30
Twin Orchard6.1 miles30
West Corners6.3 miles30
Endwell7.2 miles30

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 Q122549112The 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 967732. 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.