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Baptist Corners, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Owasco town. It lies in ZIP code area 13021. The Survey maps it on the Skaneateles quadrangle.

Baptist Corners within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baptist Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Baptist Corners, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

123 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Baptist Corners between 2001 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Baptist Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Franklin Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Street Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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
Degroff2.1 miles28
Petty Corner2.3 miles28
Highland Beach3.1 miles28
Owasco3.4 miles28
Melrose Park3.8 miles28
Conklin Cove4.7 miles26
Sherlock Corners5.2 miles28
Wyckoff5.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942971. 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.