Waterburg, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ulysses town. It lies in ZIP code area 14886. The Survey maps it on the Trumansburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 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
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1902 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1942 USGS Trumansburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Trumansburg quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Trumansburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Waterburg between 1995 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 8 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Green Mountain National Forest | not named |
| 19 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waterburg in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Waterburg | $10,000 | Harvey Hill Road and Fish Road were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterburg | $5,000 | A few large trees were knocked down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podunk | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Christian Hill | 1.9 miles | 35 | |
| Trumansburg | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Halseyville | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Jacksonville | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Taughannock Falls | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Butternut Park | 5.0 miles | 30 | |
| Applegate Corner | 5.1 miles | 37 |
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 Q122548443 | 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 974073. 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.
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.








