Grant Corner, New York
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in North Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 10560. It lies near Turkey Hill. The Survey maps it on the Peach Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
On record in Grant Corner
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
North Salem Town Halllisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 41 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.
- 1892 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1928 USGS Carmel quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Peach Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Peach Lake quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Peach Lake quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peach Lake quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1961 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Bridgeport quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1998 USGS Peach Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
171 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Grant Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 20 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 | 85 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Grant Corner: 11 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Feldspar, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewster Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Croton Magnetite Iron Mines | Iron, Copper | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pegmatite Quarry | Mica, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Ridgefield Pegmatite Quarry | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | Feldspar | |
| Ridgefield Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Croton - Theall Magnetite Mine | Iron, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1880, 1883 | |
| Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite Mine | Iron, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1843, 1880 | |
| Croton-Theall Magnetite Mine | Iron, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Clover Hill Magnetite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Magnetite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Center | 0.8 miles | 41 | |
| North Salem | 1.5 miles | 41 | |
| Twin Lakes Village | 1.8 miles | 41 | |
| Waccabuc | 2.0 miles | 41 | |
| Dingle | 2.7 miles | 41 | |
| Truesdale Lake | 2.9 miles | 41 | |
| Purdys | 3.4 miles | 34 | |
| South Salem | 3.8 miles | 41 |
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 Q122547516 | 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 951512. 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.














