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Baldwin Corner, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kingsbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12827. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ann quadrangle.

Baldwin Corner within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baldwin Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Baldwin Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 28 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Baldwin Corner: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ashley QuarryQuartz, FeldsparPast Producer1910
Fort Ann Silica DepositQuartz, SilicaPast Producer
Chestertown QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Chestertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D. Nichols and Son QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1892, 1925
Fort Ann Lower QuarryFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Fort Ann Trap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1887, 1925
Fort Ann Upper QuarryFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tripoli Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Fort Ann1.9 miles28
Kingsbury2.6 miles29
Vaughns Corners3.9 miles29
West Fort Ann4.5 miles28
Tripoli4.6 miles28
Adamsville4.7 miles29
South Hartford5.4 miles29
Hartford5.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972195. 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.