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Johnson Corners, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Schuyler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. The Survey maps it on the Ilion quadrangle.

Johnson Corners within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Johnson Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Johnson Corners, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

78 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Johnson Corners between 2002 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkUTICA
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Johnson Corners: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Bono PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferdula PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer County

Storms near this place

8 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson Corners in 8 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-A 911 call center operator reported trees down on Carder Lane and NYS Route 5.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-A local emergency manager reported a tree down and blocking Millers Grove Rd in the town of Schuyler.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-A single tree was downed blocking Mowers Road near Bush Road in the Town of Schuyler.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-Trees and wires were downed on Bush Road at Mowers Road in the Town of Schuyler.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-Trees were downed.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-A tree and wires were reported down on Paratore Road near State Route 5 in Frankfort due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-Wires were down on Millers Grove Road in the town of Schuyler due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindJohnson Corners-A tree was downed and blocking a road in Frankfort due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Herkimer 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
East Schuyler1.5 miles23
North Frankfort2.0 miles23
Frankfort2.3 miles23
Corrado Corners3.0 miles23
East Frankfort3.4 miles23
Kast Bridge3.7 miles22
North Ilion3.8 miles23
Ilion4.1 miles23

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 Q122544037The 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 954111. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.