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Five Chimneys Corner, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stockbridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 13421. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle.

Five Chimneys Corner within Madison 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 Five Chimneys Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Five Chimneys Corner, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

123 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Five Chimneys Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Five Chimneys Corner: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Johnson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lanz Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Valley Mills QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
West Stockbridge Hill QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Bennetts Corners1.1 miles25
Scribner Corners1.6 miles26
Kenwood1.7 miles25
Valley Mills2.1 miles25
Merrillsville2.9 miles26
Stockbridge3.1 miles18
Siloam3.6 miles18
Munns4.2 miles18

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 Q122560577The 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 972475. 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.