White Church, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Caroline town. It lies in ZIP code area 14817. It lies near Eastman Hill. The Survey maps it on the Willseyville quadrangle.

White Church within Tompkins County

Then and now

1900 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of White Church, surveyed 1992

Topographic sheet of White Church, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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.

1900 USGS Dryden quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1906 USGS Catatonk quadrangle1:125000
1949 USGS Willseyville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Willseyville quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Willseyville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

65 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of White Church between 1993 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 3 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	33
Debris and open burning	14
Arson/incendiarism	8
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
15 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
14 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 June 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 June 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
12 June 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins 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 White Church: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Knights Settlement Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Knights Settlement Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Perkins Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Tompkins 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Caroline Depot	2.0 miles	28
Brooktondale	2.6 miles	27
Caroline Center	3.6 miles	25
West Slaterville	3.7 miles	27
Besemer	3.8 miles	27
South Danby	4.0 miles	28
Slaterville Springs	4.0 miles	27
Bethel Grove	4.8 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971086. 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.