Clums Corner, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brunswick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12180. The Survey maps it on the Tomhannock 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 Clums Corner
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
District No. 6 Schoolhouselisted 2008 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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 Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tomhannock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
355 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Clums Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 40 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 | 177 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Clums Corner: 8 past producers, 7 producers. 7 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campbell Mountain Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quackenkill Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quackenkill Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cranston Leveling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cranston Leveling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eagle Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fanes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pinewood Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clums Corner in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2021: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Clums Corner | - | Route 278 and Route 7 were flooded with 2-3 feet of moving water at the intersection. There were reports that Route 278 was impassable and closed. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Clums Corner | - | Water flowing over Route 278 resulting in a road closure. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cropseyville | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Brunswick | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Tamarack | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Eagle Mills | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Brunswick Center | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Haynersville | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Quackenkill | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Poestenkill | 4.2 miles | 30 |
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 Q122594262 | 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 946938. 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.
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.













