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Gorthey Corners, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broadalbin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12025. It stands on Frenchman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Broadalbin quadrangle.

Gorthey Corners within Fulton County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gorthey Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Gorthey Corners, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Gorthey Corners between 1992 and 2019, burning about 260 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning57
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Gorthey Corners: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Mayfield PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gorthey Corners in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGorthey Corners-Local law enforcement reported a tree and wires down on County Road 110 in Benedict, NY.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGorthey Corners-Six structures were damaged due to downed trees from thunderstorm winds in Broadalbin on the shore of Great Sacandaga Lake. The homes were reported to have sustained moderate damage.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindGorthey Corners-Several trees were downed at Birch Haven Campground on the eastern shore of Great Sacandaga Lake in Broadalbin. Campers were not able to enter or exit the campground due to the amount of downed trees.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
North Broadalbin0.6 miles22
Benedict1.9 miles22
Union Mills1.9 miles22
Stever Mill2.3 miles22
Steele Corners2.7 miles22
Broadalbin3.2 miles22
Mills Corners3.5 miles21
Fish House3.6 miles23

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 Q122547202The 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 951391. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.