Union Valley, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bainbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 13733. The Survey maps it on the West Bainbridge quadrangle.

Union Valley within Chenango County

Then and now

1902 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 83 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 Valley, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Union Valley, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1902 USGS Coventry quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500
1904 USGS Oxford quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS West Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS West Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Union Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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	24
Debris and open burning	23
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	4
Smoking	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3

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
5 September 2009	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 2002	Natural	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
27 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 July 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 June 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Union Valley: 1 producer. All of them 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
	Dubois S&G Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Bainbridge	0.7 miles	17
Coventryville	3.1 miles	17
Yaleville	3.4 miles	18
North Afton	3.9 miles	17
Bainbridge	3.9 miles	18
Blackesley Corner	5.1 miles	17
Coventry	5.2 miles	17
Ives Settlement	5.9 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973177. 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.