Five Corners, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Genoa town. It lies in ZIP code area 13081. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

Five Corners within Cayuga County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 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 Corners, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Five Corners, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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.

1902 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1942 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
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
1970 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

38 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Five Corners between 2003 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 6 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	18
Debris and open burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	6
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	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
27 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2016	Debris and open burning	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
6 July 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
4 July 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 July 2019	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 July 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Five Corners: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
J.C.Mahaney Well	Salt	Past Producer
Town of Genoa Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Town of Genoa Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Belltown	1.0 miles	23
Bowers Corner	1.4 miles	23
Weekes Corner	2.0 miles	23
Little Hollow	2.0 miles	23
Goodyear Corners	2.1 miles	23
King Ferry	2.9 miles	23
Genoa	3.0 miles	23
East Genoa	3.8 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950200. 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.