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Waverly, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Barton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14892. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle.

Waverly within Tioga County

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waverly, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Waverly, surveyed 1902

On record in Waverly

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 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

122 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Waverly between 2001 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acrePennsylvania Division of Forest Fire ProtectionTRACKS FIRE
10 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga 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 Waverly: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Athens PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, ClayPast Producer
Barton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No 6 Burns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga 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
East Waverly0.5 miles29
Cedar Park Terrace0.5 miles29
North Waverly0.8 miles29
Park Terrace1.5 miles22
Ellistown2.6 miles22
Litchfield3.6 miles22
Barton4.7 miles22
Glencairn5.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968940. 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.