Corbett, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Colchester town. It lies in ZIP code area 13755. It stands on Campbell Brook. The Survey maps it on the Corbett quadrangle.

Corbett within Delaware County

Then and now

1923 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Corbett, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Corbett, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1923 USGS Walton quadrangle1:48000
1923 USGS Walton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1925 USGS Walton quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Corbett quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

22 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Corbett between 1999 and 2019, burning about 33 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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	9
Debris and open burning	8
Natural	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	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
31 July 2005	Natural	2.5 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
13 May 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 May 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 April 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
30 April 2001	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
30 April 2001	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
28 April 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware 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 Corbett: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Downsville Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Downsville Quarry and Mill	Flagstone	Producer
East Branch Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	Sedimentary
East Branch Quarry	Flagstone	Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware 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
Gregorytown	1.1 miles	18
Shinhopple	2.5 miles	18
Downsville	2.9 miles	15
Long Flat	3.6 miles	18
Horton	4.9 miles	24
Harvard	5.0 miles	18
Elk Brook	5.1 miles	24
Chiloway	5.4 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947426. 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.