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Hawkins Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lee town. It lies in ZIP code area 13440. It stands on Potash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Westernville quadrangle.

Hawkins Corner within Oneida County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hawkins Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hawkins Corner, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

201 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins Corner between 1998 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined111
Arson/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning15
Natural11
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hawkins Corner: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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
Craig PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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
Lake Delta0.6 miles22
Elmer Hill1.2 miles22
Stokes Corner1.3 miles22
Lee Center2.8 miles19
Canterbury Hill3.5 miles22
Ridge Mills3.5 miles28
Coonrod3.7 miles25
Wright Settlement3.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952402. 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.