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Halls Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Summerhill town. It lies in ZIP code area 13045. The Survey maps it on the Sempronius quadrangle.

Halls Corner within Cayuga County

Then and now

1898 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Halls Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Halls Corner, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

71 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Halls Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 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 Cayuga 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 Halls Corner: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Town of Summerhill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Summerhill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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
Summer Hill2.3 miles22
Como2.3 miles22
Chipman Corners5.0 miles25
Dresserville5.0 miles22
Sempronius6.4 miles22
Morse Mill7.3 miles22
Locke8.0 miles25
Montville8.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972584. 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.