Cat Elbow Corner, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lodi town. It lies in ZIP code area 14841. The Survey maps it on the Lodi quadrangle.

Cat Elbow Corner within Seneca County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cat Elbow Corner, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Cat Elbow Corner, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1902 USGS Ovid quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
1942 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1943 USGS Lodi quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

70 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Cat Elbow Corner between 1995 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 8 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/undetermined	23
Debris and open burning	18
Natural	8
Arson/incendiarism	8
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	2
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
19 September 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Other causes	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 August 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Green Mountain National Forest	not named
19 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seneca County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cat Elbow Corner: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Arcangeli Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Searsburg Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Seneca 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Caywood	1.7 miles	23
Lodi Center	2.4 miles	23
Lamoreaux Landing	2.6 miles	24
Townsendville	4.0 miles	23
Lodi	5.0 miles	23
Interlaken	8.3 miles	23
Gilbert	8.6 miles	25
Covert	9.0 miles	23

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 Q122563624

The 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 973994. 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.