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Carpenters Corners, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. It stands on Hunters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle.

Carpenters Corners within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Carpenters Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Carpenters Corners, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Carpenters Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning28
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carpenters Corners: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Crushed Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tyrell QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Batchellerville Lower PitFeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Northville1.1 miles23
Sacandaga Park1.9 miles23
Sweets Crossing3.2 miles23
Fish House5.2 miles23
Cranberry Creek5.6 miles23
Benedict6.9 miles22
Tomantown7.6 miles22
North Broadalbin7.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 945894. 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.