Beckers Corners, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bethlehem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12158. It stands on Dowers Kill. The Survey maps it on the Delmar quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Beckers Corners
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bethlehem Grange No. 137listed 2002 · 0.0 miles away
Dr. John Babcock Houselisted 2003 · 0.1 miles away
Schoonmaker Houselisted 2001 · 0.8 miles away- Rowe Farmlisted 2012 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1927 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Delmar quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Delmar quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
212 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Beckers Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 207 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/undetermined | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 7,320 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 7,320 specimens collected within 10 miles of Beckers Corners between 1760 and 1975: 4,243 Fungi, 2,048 Animalia, 843 Plantae, 85 Protozoa, 56 Chromista, 43 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stereum neglectum Peck | 1894 | C. L. Shear | Alcove |
![]() | Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1898 | Charles H. Peck | near Albany |
![]() | Coniothyrium Corda, 1840 | 1899 | not recorded | |
![]() | Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775 | 1760 | W.W. Hill | |
![]() | Monotropa procera Torr. | 1817 | E. James | Near Albany |
![]() | Utricularia gibba L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Greenbush |
![]() | Peziza acetabulum L. | 1829 | H.H. Eaton | Albany |
![]() | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. | 1830 | J. Torrey | Circa Albany |
![]() | Bidens tripartita L. | 1830 | Collector unspecified | Albany |
![]() | Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. | 1834 | Herb. (Jas.) Macnab | Albany |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1837 | A. Clapp | N. Albany. |
![]() | Stylosanthes Sw. | 1837 | Clapp, A. | New Albany. |
All 7,320 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Beckers Corners: 12 producers, 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Hill Deposit | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Ravena Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Ravena Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Bethlehem Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Starr Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town of Bethlehem,Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| East Nassau Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ravena Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ravenna Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beckers Corners in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beckers Corners | - | Shingles were torn off an apartment roof. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beckers Corners | - | Multiple trees were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beckers Corners | - | Poles were wires were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beckers Corners | - | Poles and wires were downed near Cottage Road and Route 9W. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Dam (historical) | 1.1 miles | 33 | |
| Selkirk | 1.3 miles | 33 | |
| Bethlehem Heights | 1.5 miles | 33 | |
| South Albany | 1.9 miles | 33 | |
| Cedar Hill | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Pine Ridge Estates | 2.2 miles | 33 | |
| South Bethlehem | 2.2 miles | 33 | |
| Wemple | 2.6 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943475. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.


























