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East Corning, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Corning town. It lies in ZIP code area 14830. It stands on Winfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Flats quadrangle.

East Corning within Steuben County

Then and now

1895 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Corning, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of East Corning, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of East Corning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined110
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking23
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of East Corning: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 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
E.R. Wolcott Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Corning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Janoski's PitSand 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

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Corning in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Corning$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew down tree limbs and wires on Timberline Drive.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindEast Corning$5,000Several trees were blown down and shingle damage occurred at a house east of Corning.
June 2008HailEast Corning-no account filed

Every storm 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
Corning Manor1.1 miles22
Gibson2.6 miles23
South Corning2.7 miles22
Corning3.8 miles23
Denmark4.1 miles23
Ferenbaugh5.1 miles23
West Caton5.1 miles22
Caton5.3 miles22

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 Q122565895The 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 949047. 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.