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Bentleys Corners, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Antwerp town. It lies in ZIP code area 13608. The Survey maps it on the Philadelphia quadrangle.

Bentleys Corners within Jefferson County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bentleys Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Bentleys Corners, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

182 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Bentleys Corners between 1997 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined144
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bentleys Corners: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur. 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
Oxbow Southwest ProspectSulfurOccurrence
Wight ProspectSulfurOccurrence
Dickson ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Oxbow Southwest ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Wight ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Burntbridge Pond AnomalyIronOccurrence1945
Dickson MineIronPast Producer1858, 1910
Dickson MineIronPast Producer
Shirtliff MineIronPast Producer1838
Ward MineIronPast Producer1852

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Halls Corner2.0 miles19
Bartletts Corner2.7 miles18
Antwerp5.0 miles18
Philadelphia5.2 miles19
Oxbow5.5 miles19
Rivergate5.5 miles19
Theresa5.6 miles19
Douglas Crossing7.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 943706. 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.