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Denmark, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Corning town. It lies in ZIP code area 14830. It stands on Denmark Hill. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle.

Denmark within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Denmark, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Denmark, surveyed 1914

On record in Denmark

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 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Denmark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined134
Arson/incendiarism34
Smoking30
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2006Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresNew York Forest RangersWEST HILL FIRE
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Denmark: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Corning PlantZirconiumUnknown
Canada Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Corning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Corning1.0 miles23
Riverside1.6 miles23
Gibson1.7 miles23
Painted Post2.2 miles23
South Corning2.6 miles22
Gang Mills3.2 miles23
Corning Manor3.6 miles22
Ferenbaugh3.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948302. 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.