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Ives Corner, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Poestenkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12018. It stands on Bonesteel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle.

Ives Corner within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ives Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Ives Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Ives Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined90
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism29
Smoking14
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ives Corner: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Campbell Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Mountain Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reid PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reid PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Springer Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Troy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer 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
Barberville0.8 miles30
East Poestenkill1.7 miles35
Poestenkill2.1 miles30
Sand Lake3.4 miles30
Taborton3.5 miles35
Glass Lake3.8 miles30
Averill Park3.9 miles30
Bon Acre3.9 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972659. 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.