Duboise Corner, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Ulysses town. It lies in ZIP code area 14850. It stands on Glenwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ithaca West quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 37 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Ithaca quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1905 USGS Watkins Glen quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Ithaca West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ithaca West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Ithaca West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Duboise Corner between 2001 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Duboise Corner: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cayuga Mine and Mill | Halite | Past Producer | Halite | |
| Cayuga Crushed Stone Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Twin Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Twin Bridge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cargill, Inc., Div. of Cayuga Rock | Salt | Plant | ||
| Cayuga Rock Salt Core | Salt | Prospect | ||
| Ithica Salt Co. Plant | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Farkas No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krum Corner | 1.2 miles | 37 | |
| Willow Creek | 1.9 miles | 25 | |
| Hayt Corner | 2.2 miles | 37 | |
| Whipple Corner | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Norten | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| Portland | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| McKinneys | 2.9 miles | 37 | |
| Myers | 3.0 miles | 25 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563046 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972394. 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.











