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Dennison Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in German Flatts town. It lies in ZIP code area 13407. It lies near Bell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Millers Mills quadrangle.

Dennison Corners within Herkimer County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dennison Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dennison Corners, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

59 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Dennison Corners between 2002 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Dennison Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jordanville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jordanville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ferdula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Getman Corners0.7 miles18
Spinnerville1.4 miles18
Columbia Center2.3 miles18
Days Rock2.9 miles16
South Ilion3.0 miles18
Kingdom3.0 miles16
North Columbia3.2 miles18
Elizabethtown3.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948315. 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.