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Ewells Corner, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Middlebury town. It lies in ZIP code area 14591. It lies near Titus Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wyoming quadrangle.

Ewells Corner within Wyoming County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ewells Corner, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Ewells Corner, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

33 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Ewells Corner between 2002 and 2017, burning about 28 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 May 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 May 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ewells Corner: 14 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine. 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
Middlebury BrinefieldBrominePast ProducerBrine
A.Partridge No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Partridge No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Dobson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J.Q.Adams No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
S P Cox #2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
W.A.Hawley No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Millers Corner1.1 miles19
Wyoming1.8 miles19
Wrights Corner2.2 miles19
West Middlebury2.6 miles19
Lambs Corner2.6 miles19
Dale2.7 miles19
Millers Crossing2.8 miles19
Beehive Crossing3.0 miles19

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 Q122545346The 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 972451. 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.