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Eaton Corners, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Duanesburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12066. It stands on Bowman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Duanesburg quadrangle.

Eaton Corners within Schenectady County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eaton Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Eaton Corners, surveyed 1895

On record in Eaton Corners

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Eaton Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
23 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady 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
Braman Corners1.5 miles25
Delanson5.2 miles21
Quaker Street5.9 miles21
Mariaville6.1 miles25
Duane6.3 miles25
Mariaville Lake6.4 miles25
Duanesburg6.7 miles25
Duane Lake8.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949317. 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.