Five Corners, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Gaines town. It lies in ZIP code area 14411. The Survey maps it on the Kent quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Five 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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Tousley-Church Houselisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
North Main-Bank Streets Historic Districtlisted 1994 · 0.8 miles away
Bacon-Harding Farmlisted 2013 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Oak Orchard quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Kendall quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Five Corners between 2001 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 43 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Five Corners: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit No 5 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit No 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Huckell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Corners in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Five Corners | - | Flash flooding from Oak Orchard Estates that closed Bacon Rd to Medina. A travel ban was instituted for Medina due to impassable roads. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Orchard Estates | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Heritage Estates | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Albion | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Gaines Basin | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Childs | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gaines | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Richs Corners | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Eagle Harbor | 3.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950206. 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.






