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Kent Corners, New York

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kent town. It lies in ZIP code area 10512. It stands on Stump Pond Stream. The Survey maps it on the Lake Carmel quadrangle.

Kent Corners within Putnam County

Then and now

1892 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kent Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kent Corners, surveyed 1892

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

303 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Kent Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined141
Arson/incendiarism42
Natural35
Smoking29
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kent Corners: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur. 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
Marble Rock Quarry No. 6kMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Rock Quarry No. Gk-011Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Oneil Gravel Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Sulfur, Iron, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Putnam County Arsenic MineArsenic, Copper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Tilly FosterMolybdenumOccurrenceMagnetite, Molybdenite
Patterson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Patterson Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brown's QuarryArsenicOccurrence
Hobby Pyritiferous OreIron, SulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Putnam 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 Carmel0.7 miles35
Field Corners1.6 miles35
Kent Hills2.2 miles35
Fosters Corners2.5 miles35
Towners2.8 miles37
Harmony Park2.8 miles32
Carmel2.8 miles35
Berkshire Terrace2.9 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954534. 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.