Weltonville, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Candor town. It lies in ZIP code area 13811. It stands on Doolittle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newark Valley quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Weltonville
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Blewer Farmlisted 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1901 USGS Apalachin quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Apalachin quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Endicott quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Newark Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Newark Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Weltonville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 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 |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Weltonville: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.Miller No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Catatonk Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Owego Town of Highway Dept Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weltonville in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Weltonville | $400,000 | Water was flooding County Route 38 at Rock Street. Several other points to the east of the Village of Newark Valley had water across roadways with numerous culvert washouts. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Weltonville | $50,000 | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in a few areas of Newark Valley. The most serious flooding occurred where water and debris flowed downhill across Rock Street to Irishtown Road. Both roads were closed due to flooding. The flood waters and debris flowed across Rock Street to Slosson Creek, which overflowed. Water continued across Route 38 in the Village of Newark Valley. Homes were flooded along Mill Street and Clinton Street where the creek overflowed. Elsewhere in the village, the Owego Creek flooded the Trout Ponds recreation area. Flash flooding also occurred along Route 38B in the town of Newark Valley due to a mud slide. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Weltonville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flemingville | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Fairfield | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| West Newark | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Hamar Estates | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Hubbardtown | 3.8 miles | 21 | |
| Newark Valley | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Owego Heights | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Catatonk | 4.2 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 Q122547008 | 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 969060. 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.











