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Hinmans Corners, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chenango town. It stands on Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle.

Hinmans Corners within Broome 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 Hinmans Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hinmans Corners, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

478 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of Hinmans Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined214
Smoking67
Arson/incendiarism48
Recreation and ceremony36
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use25
Natural20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Other causes2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Hinmans Corners: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Salt. 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
Brown No.1 WellSaltProspect
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Binghampton Brick Co. PitClayPlant
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Van Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome 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
Fortress Estates0.8 miles23
Glen Castle1.4 miles23
Port Dickinson1.9 miles23
Chenango Bridge1.9 miles24
Newmans Corner2.2 miles23
Sunrise Terrace2.6 miles23
Choconut Center2.7 miles23
Popes Ravine3.3 miles24

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 Q122595539The 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 952888. 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.