Fosters Corners, New York
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Carmel town. It lies in ZIP code area 10512. It stands on Beaver Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake Carmel quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 35 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.
- 1892 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1928 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Lake Carmel quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Lake Carmel quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lake Carmel quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
386 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Fosters Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 413 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 53 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 | 169 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Fosters Corners: 16 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croton Magnetite Iron Mines | Iron, Copper | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Marble Rock Quarry No. 6k | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011 | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Putnam County Arsenic Mine | Arsenic, Sulfur, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Putnam County Arsenic Mine | Arsenic, Copper, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Tilly Foster | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Magnetite, Molybdenite | |
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore | Iron, Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Hobby Pyritiferous Ore Opening | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Putman Co. As Mine | Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Towners Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel | 1.1 miles | 35 | |
| Tilly Foster | 1.3 miles | 35 | |
| Field Corners | 1.4 miles | 35 | |
| Carmel Hills | 2.0 miles | 35 | |
| Lake Carmel | 2.1 miles | 35 | |
| Dykemans | 2.2 miles | 37 | |
| Brewster Heights | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Kent Corners | 2.5 miles | 35 |
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 Q122564936 | The 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 2726336. 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.












