Curtis Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Richmond town. It lies in ZIP code area 14487. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Honeoye quadrangle.

Curtis Corner within Ontario County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

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 Curtis Corner, surveyed 1983

Topographic sheet of Curtis Corner, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

1901 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500
1904 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1942 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Honeoye quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

77 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Curtis Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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	33
Debris and open burning	17
Arson/incendiarism	14
Natural	10
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
7 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
27 September 2020	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	HEMLOCK LAKE TRES FIRE
24 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	HEMLOCK LAKE DOS FIRE
21 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	HEMLOCK LAKE FIRE
16 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 July 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:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Curtis Corner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
	D.Curran No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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
Honeoye	1.4 miles	22
Richmond Center	1.4 miles	22
Honeoye Park	2.3 miles	22
Frost Hollow	2.8 miles	22
Richmond Mills (historical)	3.0 miles	22
Denison Corner	3.6 miles	22
Canadice Corners	3.6 miles	24
West Canadice Corners	3.7 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972360. 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.