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Cork, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12095. It lies near Erkenbrack Hill. The Survey maps it on the Peck Lake quadrangle.

Cork within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cork, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Cork, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

158 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Cork between 1993 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning18
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cork: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone. 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
Crystal Grove Diamond MineGemstoneProducer1955
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cork in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCork-A local 911 call center reported multiple trees down across Route 10A, making the road impassable.
August 2017HailCork-One inch hail was reported by an NWS Employee.
September 2013HailCork-A member of the public reported half dollar size hail during a thunderstorm 4 miles south of Caroga Lake via Facebook.

Every storm 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
Rockwood2.5 miles21
Kecks Center2.6 miles21
Eppie Corners2.8 miles21
Garoga3.0 miles21
Bradtville3.1 miles21
North Bush3.2 miles21
Sammonsville4.1 miles21
Meco4.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972345. 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.