BlockUpper Fairfield, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Candor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13743. The Survey maps it on the Speedsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 92 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
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1900 USGS Dryden quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
- 1949 USGS Speedsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Speedsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Speedsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Upper Fairfield between 1999 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 15 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Upper Fairfield: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward's Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenksville | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Fairfield | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| West Newark | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| Candor | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Gridleyville | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Willseyville | 4.9 miles | 28 | |
| Hubbardtown | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Hamar Estates | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q122546956 | 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 973181. 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.