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Getman Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13407. The Survey maps it on the Millers Mills quadrangle. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.

Getman Corners within Herkimer County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Getman Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Getman Corners, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

44 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Getman Corners between 2002 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2012Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Getman Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jordanville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jordanville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ferdula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Dennison Corners0.7 miles18
Columbia Center1.7 miles18
Spinnerville1.8 miles18
Kingdom2.5 miles16
Days Rock3.1 miles16
North Columbia3.6 miles18
Elizabethtown3.6 miles18
South Ilion3.6 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Getman CornersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48742586The 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 951051. 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.