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Wallace, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Avoca town. It lies in ZIP code area 14809. It stands on Twelvemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avoca quadrangle.

Wallace within Steuben County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wallace, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wallace, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

82 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Wallace between 1996 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined36
Debris and open burning16
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 July 2016Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wallace: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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
B.Schultz No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Cohocton BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schoonover PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 3 flash flood, 1 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
May 2016Flash FloodWallace$50,000Heavy rain caused localized flash flooding of small streams and water over several roadways in the area.
June 2014Flash FloodWallace$35,000Water was rushing across Olmstead Road. Rainfall estimates in the area indicated that 3.45 inches of rain had fallen in about 5 hours.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindWallace$5,000A trailer home was moved off its foundation in Wallace.
March 2026Flash FloodWallace$2,000Officials reported water over the road in this area.

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
Bloomerville0.7 miles19
Avoca3.0 miles19
Greenville3.0 miles20
Cohocton4.9 miles22
Haskinville5.8 miles20
Howard5.9 miles21
Jobs Corner6.0 miles20
Lent Hill6.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968695. 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.