BlockUnion Valley, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Taylor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13052. It lies near Potter Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cuyler quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Union Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Union Valley Congregational Churchlisted 2002 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Pitcher quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Cuyler quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Cuyler quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Union Valley between 1995 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Center | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| New Boston | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Taylor Valley | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Taylor | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Guyler Hill | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Cincinnatus | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cheningo | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lower Cincinnatus | 7.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968223. 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.