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Charlesworth Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Minden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13339. The Survey maps it on the Fort Plain quadrangle.

Charlesworth Corners within Montgomery County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Charlesworth Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Charlesworth Corners, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

72 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Charlesworth Corners between 2001 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLITTLE FALLS
5 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Charlesworth Corners: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Moyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sheldon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
St. Johnsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Saint Johnsville2.2 miles18
Hallsville2.4 miles18
West Saint Johnsville2.4 miles18
Mindenville2.4 miles18
Valley Brook3.0 miles18
Fordsbush3.0 miles18
Sand Hill3.2 miles18
Keesler Corners3.4 miles18

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 Q122568049The 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 946407. 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.