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West Candor, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Spencer town. It lies in ZIP code area 14883. It stands on South Branch Catatonk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spencer quadrangle.

West Candor within Tioga County

Then and now

1903 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Candor, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of West Candor, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

78 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of West Candor between 1999 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2009Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tioga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of West Candor: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Town of Spencer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ward's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tioga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Candor in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 3 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Candor$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down numerous trees along State Route 96.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Candor$5,000A thunderstorm moved across the region and became severe. This thunderstorm produced severe winds and knocked over a few trees between Spencer and Candor.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Candor$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down tree onto roadway.

Every storm 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
Crum Town2.8 miles28
Gridleyville3.0 miles21
Spencer4.1 miles23
Candor4.1 miles21
Willseyville5.2 miles28
Straits Corners5.2 miles23
North Spencer5.4 miles33
Hubbardtown5.4 miles21

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 Q122556371The 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 973224. 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.