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Havens Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Benton town. It lies in ZIP code area 14527. The Survey maps it on the Penn Yan quadrangle.

Havens Corner within Yates County

Then and now

1903 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Havens Corner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Havens Corner, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Havens Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined50
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 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 Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Havens Corner: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, REE, Zirconium. 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
J.T.Andrews No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Transelco/ Penn Yan, N.Y.REE, ZirconiumPlant
Benton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Benton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Guyanoga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Guyanoga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates 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
Benton Center1.2 miles22
Benton2.4 miles22
Voak2.5 miles21
East Potter3.3 miles21
Yatesville4.0 miles21
Penn Yan4.3 miles22
Kenka Mills4.8 miles22
Bellona4.8 miles21

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 Q122559559The 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 972605. 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.