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Barnum Corners, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Patterson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12563. It stands on Corner Pond Brook. The Survey maps it on the Brewster quadrangle.

Barnum Corners within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barnum Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Barnum Corners, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

258 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Barnum Corners between 1999 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined139
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking23
Natural21
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3

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
9 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Barnum Corners: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Molybdenum, Iron, Sulfur, Stone, Dimension. 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
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect
Hobby Pyritiferous Ore OpeningIron, SulfurPast ProducerUnknown
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Pegmatite QuarryBeryllium, Feldspar, MicaPast Producer
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Towners Pyrite DepositSulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Putnam Lake0.5 miles37
Deforest Corners1.0 miles37
Elm Tree Corner1.6 miles37
Haines Corners1.7 miles37
Doanesburgh (historical)1.8 miles37
Haviland Hollow1.9 miles37
Gayville2.0 miles37
Valleyville2.0 miles37

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122571703The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943066. 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.