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Photograph of Riverside Cemetery
Photograph by Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Riverside Cemetery

Built in 1795. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.

From the record

“Riverside Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Lowman, Chemung, Chemung County, New York. It was established in the 1790s, and contains graves dating from then to the present.”

Wikipedia article Riverside Cemetery (Lowman, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 47 National Register listings published here for Chemung County · listed in 2012 · category: Site · built in 1795.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure, 1 object as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Cty. Rd. 60, Lowman, 14861
  • When was it listed? November 2012
  • Category. site
  • Town. Chemung town
  • When was it built? 1795
  • National Register reference number. 12000953 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1902 to 1992

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Riverside Cemetery, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet covering Riverside Cemetery, surveyed 1902

Fires near this property

140 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Riverside Cemetery between 1997 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Chemung County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Riverside Cemetery: 4 producers. All of them 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
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chemung PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lowman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No. 3 Maple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chemung County

Storms near this property

5 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowman, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
September 2018Flash FloodLowman$10,000Water was flowing across Interstate 86 near the Newtown Battlefield State Park.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowman$10,000Numerous trees and wires were blown down in Baldwin and Chemung.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindLowman$5,000Trees were blown down across Interior Road at the Garner Hill Campground.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindLowman$2,000Strong thunderstrom winds knocked down trees and wires.
January 2010Flash FloodLowman-Lowman Crossing was flooded due to heavy rains.

Every storm recorded in Chemung County

Maps showing this location

11 surveys

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

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

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 PropertyDistance Listed
Dr. Hovey Everett House1.0 miles2007
Chemung District School No. 102.1 miles2008
Newtown Battlefield2.5 miles1972
Christ Episcopal Church2.9 miles2000
Maple Avenue Historic District7.0 miles2013
John Brand Sr. House7.2 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 12000953 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Chemung CountyAll 47 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.