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Union Center, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 13760. It stands on Bradley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maine quadrangle.

Union Center 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 Union Center, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Union Center, 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

289 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Union Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined128
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism29
Smoking28
Equipment and vehicle use20
Recreation and ceremony18
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9

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 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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Union Center: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 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
R.G.Hotchkiss 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Center in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 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
July 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large tree onto Farm to Market Road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and numerous large branches.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree on wires.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree across Boswell Hill Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down trees.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$5,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$4,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down/uprooted several trees along Farm to Market Road. One tree fell onto a residence.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$3,000A severe thunderstorm developed over the region and produced severe winds. The thunderstorm forced trees and wires down across Cornell Hollow Rd.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires down on Farm to Market Rd.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto wires on Bradley Creek Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Twist Run Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$1,000Outflow winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down wires on Boswell Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindUnion Center$1,000Trees were blown down.

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
West Corners2.8 miles30
Maine2.9 miles30
Endwell3.7 miles30
Endicott3.8 miles30
Twin Orchard4.4 miles30
Vestal4.7 miles30
East Maine4.9 miles23
Willow Point5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968176. 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.