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Urbana, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Urbana town. It lies in ZIP code area 14840. The Survey maps it on the Hammondsport quadrangle.

Urbana within Steuben County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

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 Urbana, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Urbana, surveyed 1903

On record in Urbana

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 23 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

67 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Urbana between 1994 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined28
Debris and open burning16
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
6 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Urbana: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
C.Champlin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Daltry No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Erie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pulteney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sleve PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Urbana in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
October 2021Flash FloodNorth Urbana$50,000Houses flooding along Coryell Road in the Town of Wayne.
May 2004HailUrbana$25,0001.00 inch hail.
January 2010Flash FloodNorth Urbana$10,000Excessive rainfall caused a mudslide along County Route 16 in the Urbana area.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindUrbana$10,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Urbana$8,500Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto a house. The roof over the porch was damaged and a window was broken.
October 2021Flash FloodUrbana$5,000Water flooding roadway in multiple locations near Grove Springs Road and Rose Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindUrbana$3,000Many trees were blown down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindUrbana$2,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked down power lines.
August 2014HailUrbana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Glen Grove0.9 miles23
Grove Springs1.8 miles23
North Urbana3.0 miles23
Catawba3.0 miles23
South Pulteney3.2 miles21
Gibson Landing3.3 miles23
Elmbois3.3 miles23
Sylvan Beach3.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968319. 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.