Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
“Ralph Ingalls School, is an historic school building located at Maine in Broome County, New York.”
Wikipedia article Maine Central School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 66 National Register listings published here for Broome County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Maine Central School between 1993 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 11 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maine Central School: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.G.Hotchkiss No.1 Well | Salt | Prospect |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maine, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 7 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Flash Flood | Maine | $5,000,000 | Catastrophic flash flooding occurred in the Town of Maine. Numerous roads, homes and bridges were severely damaged. Three to four feet of water flooded homes. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $75,000 | A long lived bow echo type complex continued to plow eastward from Tioga county and produced additional damage across much of Broome county. Trees and power lines were first downed in the town of Maine around 440 pm EDT. Widespread wind damage followed downstream with numerous trees and wires toppled in the Triple Cities region (Endicott/Binghamton/Johnson City) from around 445 pm to just after 5 pm. Power was knocked out to thousands of customers in this area and several roads were blocked for a time from falling trees. As the cell progressed eastward to the Kirkwood and Conklin areas, more trees were uprooted or otherwise knocked down by the strong winds. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Maine | $50,000 | Several areas in the western part of the county experienced problems due to flash flooding. The communities of Endicott, Endwell and Maine reported several roads flooded, washouts, and basement flooding. Several vehicles were stranded due to high water at road intersections and in parking lots. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Maine | $40,000 | Route 26 was flooded about one quarter mile north of the village of Maine. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $30,000 | A large portion of a roof was torn off a barn along with numerous trees blown down |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $15,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Maine | $10,000 | Nanticoke Creek reported to be flooding several locations along Tiona and Nanticoke Roads. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $10,000 | Scattered trees and powerlines were knocked down by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted multiple trees along Pollard Hill Road. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down multiple trees in Maine. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees across a road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a large tree across both lanes of Route 26. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Maine | $5,000 | Route 26 was closed due to flooding near Glen Aubrey. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a mobile home. Trees and wires were also blown down in the towns of Fenton and Chenango. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern New York on the afternoon and evening of July 7th as a stationary front lay across the Mohawk Valley. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines in many areas while intense lightning started several fires and killed a man in Albany. In addition torrential downpours resulted in some flash flooding as well as flooding of poorly drained low lying areas. Among the areas hardest hit were the Capital District Region where over 10,000 customers were left without electricity. In Albany a 34 year-old man was struck and killed by lightning as he was holding a metal weed trimmer, while a horse standing in a field near a tree was struck and killed by lightning in Fort Ann. Other areas hard hit included Saugerties, Norwich, Leonarrowdsville, and Kingsbury where numerous trees were downed some of which fell on cars and homes. Urban Flooding was reported in Mechanicville and Hudson Falls as storm drains backed up. While flash flooding occurred in Tioga County where many creeks were out of their banks and in northern Sullivan County where up to two feet of water was across roads from Roscoe to Lake Muskoday to Basket and trees were downed by flood waters. M34O |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $3,000 | Trees and wires were blown down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $3,000 | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $2,200 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down wires. As a result, a transformer caught on fire. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Maine | $2,000 | Nanticoke Road has water over it and is closed to all traffic. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $2,000 | Trees and wires were blown down throughout western portions of the county. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $2,000 | Strong winds blew down several trees onto power lines throughout the county. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $2,000 | Tree down with power lines on King Hill Road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $1,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree and wires onto a roadway. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Maine | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | $250 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large branches on Daughtery Road. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Maine | - | Estimated golf ball size hail via social media photo. |
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Maine | - | Flooding was occurring on Nanticocke Road near the Maine Memorial School. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | - | Tree was blown down across road. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | - | Thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires on Tiona Road. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Maine | - | A backyard was flooded by heavy thunderstorm rains. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maine | - | Storm spotters reported trees blown down along Kattelville Road, Smith Hill Road, and Farm to Market Road. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Maine | - | Trained spotters reported golf ball size hail and trees down in Maine. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Maine | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Maine | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Maine | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Maine | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cyrus Gates Farmstead | 3.9 miles | 1999 |
 | Highland Park Carousel | 5.1 miles | 1992 |
 | George W. Johnson Park Carousel | 5.8 miles | 1992 |
 | West Endicott Hose Company No. 1 | 6.3 miles | 2013 |
 | Patterson-Hooper Family Cemetery | 6.5 miles | 2008 |
 | US Post Office-Endicott | 6.5 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001619 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Broome County | All 66 listed properties in this county. |
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