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Twin Orchard, 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 stands on Brixius Creek. The Survey maps it on the Endicott quadrangle.

Twin Orchard 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 Twin Orchard, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Twin Orchard, 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

494 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Twin Orchard between 1993 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined254
Recreation and ceremony55
Arson/incendiarism50
Smoking45
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural24
Debris and open burning21
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2

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
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Twin Orchard: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
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
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Orchard in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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
January 2010Flash FloodTwin Orchard$40,000Several roads were flooded in the Binghamton area, and a few were closed due to flash flooding. The ramp from Interstate 81 South to Route 17 West was partially closed due to a landslide off Prospect Mountain.
August 2024Flash FloodTwin Orchard$10,000Roads were flooded throughout Vestal.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindTwin Orchard$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a large trunk and several branches.
May 2011HailTwin Orchard-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
Endwell1.1 miles30
Endicott1.2 miles30
Vestal1.7 miles30
Willow Point1.9 miles23
West Corners2.6 miles30
Westover3.0 miles23
Johnson City3.8 miles23
Union Center4.4 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 Q122571683The 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 968057. 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.