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Youngs, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sidney town. It lies in ZIP code area 13849. It lies near Poplar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Unadilla quadrangle.

Youngs within Delaware County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Youngs, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Youngs, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Youngs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined46
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
27 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 July 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 June 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Youngs: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Howe Jesse Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Howe Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Masonville QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Masonville QuarryClayProducer
Town Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unadilla Concrete Prods S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unadilla QuarryClayProducer
Unadilla Quarry and MillClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Youngs in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindYoungs$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees and wires on NY 357 which closed all lanes.
June 2025Flash FloodYoungs$2,000Route 357 between Franklin and Unadilla was closed due to widespread flooding in the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindYoungs$2,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires.

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
South Unadilla1.4 miles19
East Masonville2.6 miles19
Sidney Center3.4 miles19
Sidney4.0 miles18
Ivanhoe4.7 miles15
Tacoma4.9 miles15
East Sidney5.0 miles16
Masonville5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971852. 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.