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Knickerbocker Corner, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Phelps town. It lies in ZIP code area 14432. The Survey maps it on the Phelps quadrangle.

Knickerbocker Corner within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

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 Knickerbocker Corner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Knickerbocker Corner, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

112 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Knickerbocker Corner between 2003 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning12
Natural5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Knickerbocker Corner: 9 past producers, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Geneva MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geneva PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Gravel Pit No. 11Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mackenzie Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Manchester PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ontario PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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
Phelps Junction0.6 miles21
Phelps2.1 miles21
Clifton Springs2.3 miles21
Gypsum2.4 miles21
Orleans3.1 miles21
Unionville3.2 miles21
Bunker Hill3.5 miles21
Melvin Hill3.6 miles21

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 Q122550236The 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 972693. 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.