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Green Corners, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glenville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12010. The Survey maps it on the Pattersonville quadrangle.

Green Corners within Schenectady County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Green Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Green Corners, surveyed 1895

On record in Green Corners

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Green Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural10
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Green Corners: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Crushed Rock ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
Glenville1.7 miles24
Hoffmans3.1 miles24
Pattersonville3.4 miles24
Lower Corners3.7 miles24
Rotterdam Junction4.8 miles26
Lower Rotterdam Junction6.1 miles26
Glenville Center6.3 miles34
Rectors6.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951672. 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.