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Westover, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 13790. It stands on Little Choconut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton West quadrangle.

Westover within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westover, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Westover, surveyed 1904

On record in Westover

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

677 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 677 fires within 5 miles of Westover between 1993 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined321
Smoking91
Recreation and ceremony68
Arson/incendiarism64
Equipment and vehicle use36
Debris and open burning34
Natural31
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Westover: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, 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
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPlant
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broome 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
Johnson City0.9 miles23
Willow Point1.2 miles23
Stella (historical)1.6 miles23
Endwell2.4 miles30
Choconut Center2.5 miles23
Twin Orchard3.0 miles30
Binghamton3.3 miles23
Sunrise Terrace3.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970940. 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.