Gilbert Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sharon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13459. The Survey maps it on the Sharon Springs quadrangle.

Gilbert Corners within Schoharie County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gilbert Corners, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Gilbert Corners, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

1898 USGS Canajoharie quadrangle1:62500
1900 USGS Canajoharie quadrangle1:62500
1902 USGS Canajoharie quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Sharon Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

70 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert Corners between 1999 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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	26
Debris and open burning	18
Arson/incendiarism	18
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
5 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
15 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
31 August 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Argusville	1.8 miles	18
Sharon Center	1.9 miles	18
Sharon	1.9 miles	18
Staleyville	3.2 miles	18
Little York	3.5 miles	20
Sharon Springs	3.6 miles	18
Gardnersville	4.4 miles	17
Leesville	5.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951091. 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.