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Foots Corners, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Conesus town. It lies in ZIP code area 14435. It lies near Turkey Hill. The Survey maps it on the Conesus quadrangle.

Foots Corners within Livingston County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Foots Corners, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Foots Corners, surveyed 1902

On record in Foots 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 1 record

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 22 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

118 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Foots Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning18
Natural17
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE TRES FIRE
24 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE DOS FIRE
23 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHEMLOCK LAKE FIRE
21 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Foots Corners: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Natural Gas. 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
Harold Hunt No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
Livonia Salt ShaftSaltPast Producer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway Department PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Livingston 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
Union Corners1.3 miles22
South Livonia1.7 miles23
Walkleys Landing1.9 miles22
Conesus1.9 miles22
Excelsior Springs1.9 miles23
Sunny Shores2.1 miles23
Maple Beach2.6 miles22
Hartson Point2.6 miles23

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 Q122545612The 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 950370. 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.