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Frinks Corner, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sheldon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14113. The Survey maps it on the Strykersville quadrangle.

Frinks Corner within Wyoming County

Then and now

1923 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frinks Corner, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Frinks Corner, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

57 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Frinks Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined28
Natural11
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frinks Corner: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Han-Kin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Plants Corner1.6 miles15
Sheldon Center2.3 miles15
Toziers Corner2.6 miles14
Sheldon2.8 miles15
North Java3.0 miles14
Strykersville3.2 miles15
Java Village3.4 miles15
Southburg3.5 miles14

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 Q122589276The 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 972518. 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.