Lavender Hill Commune

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1893 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Lavender Hill Commune between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lavender Hill Commune: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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.

Every working recorded in Tompkins County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newfield, the town this property stands in, in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

Every storm recorded in Tompkins County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1893 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500
• 1895 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500 - 13 printings
• 1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000 - 4 printings
• 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1950 USGS West Danby quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
• 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
• 1969 USGS West Danby quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
• 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	East Hill Historic District	3.6 miles	1986
	Newfield Covered Bridge	4.4 miles	2000
	1883 Barn	6.7 miles	2025
	Enfield Falls Mill and Miller's House	6.7 miles	1979