Kenka Mills, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Milo town. It lies in ZIP code area 14527. It stands on Jacobs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Penn Yan quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1983The 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.


On record in Kenka Mills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sampson Theatrelisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Penn Yan Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
US Post Office-Penn Yanlisted 1989 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Penn Yan quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Penn Yan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Penn Yan quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Kenka Mills between 2002 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kenka Mills: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Zirconium, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transelco/ Penn Yan, N.Y. | REE, Zirconium | Plant | ||
| J.Sanderson No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.T.Andrews No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Transelco/ Dresden, N.Y. | Zirconium | Plant | ||
| Benton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Benton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Botsford Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Guyanoga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Guyanoga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hansen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milo Mills | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| Penn Yan | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Seneca Mills | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Mays Mills | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Milo Center | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Second Milo | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Willow Grove | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Benton | 3.9 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954496. 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.







