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Willow Glen, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Dryden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13053. It stands on Willow Glen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dryden quadrangle.

Willow Glen 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 Willow Glen, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Willow Glen, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

53 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Willow Glen between 1999 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural8
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Willow Glen: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mott Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Osbecks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oskecks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Talari Co-Talsons Jr. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dryden1.6 miles27
Lacy Corners1.9 miles24
Freeville1.9 miles24
Red Mills2.6 miles24
Etna3.0 miles27
Fall Creek Parke3.2 miles27
Country Manor Estates3.4 miles27
Peruton4.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971351. 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.