BlockGerman Four Corners, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in German town. The Survey maps it on the Smithville Flats quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Greene quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Smithville Flats quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Smithville Flats quadrangle1:25000
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of German Four Corners between 1998 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NORTH PUCKER ST FIRE |
| 7 May 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | New York Forest Rangers | NORTH PUCKER ST FIRE |
| 7 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 May 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeville | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| McDonough | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Pitcher | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Smithville Flats | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hydeville | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pharsalia | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Pitcher Springs | 7.7 miles | 17 |
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 Q122543611 | 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 951031. 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.