Tunnel, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Colesville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13833. The Survey maps it on the Belden quadrangle. It stands 1,388 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Nineveh quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Belden quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
78 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Tunnel between 1999 and 2020, burning about 100 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tunnel: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crouch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hales Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hales Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Inghram Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Inghram Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| New York State Dept. Trans. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| O Brien Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pond 4 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunnel in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Tunnel | $15,000 | Several trees were uprooted just to the west of Monkey Run Road in |Fenton which was likely close to where the tornado touched down. |The most significant damage occurred as the tornado tracked |eastward through two residential properties on Monkey Run Road. |Several dozen softwood and hardwood trees were uprooted or snapped|in its path. One house sustained moderate damage to the roof. The|roof cover that was above the deck was lofted across the back |yard. Insulation from the attic and a trampoline in the back yard |was found 250 yards away in the middle of a densely wooded area. |Damage to another house included ten broken windows, loss of |shingles and a garage door that was torn off.||Farther east, several large pine trees were uprooted or snapped |while roof shingles were torn off a house on Tunnel Road. Tree |damage became much more sporadic farther east as the tornado lifted |near Walling Road in Colesville.||The damage when the tornado was at peak intensity was consistent |with an EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 100 mph. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Ohio | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Country Manor | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| North Colesville | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Belden Hill | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wyman Corner | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Wooded Estates | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Belden | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.2 miles | 24 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Tunnel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740523 | The 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 967942. 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.






