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Krum Corner, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Ulysses town. It lies in ZIP code area 14850. The Survey maps it on the Ithaca West quadrangle.

Krum Corner within Tompkins County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Krum Corner, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Krum Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 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

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Krum Corner between 1993 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking6
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Krum Corner: 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cayuga Mine and MillHalitePast ProducerHalite
University PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cayuga Crushed Stone IncStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayuga Crushed Stone Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cargill, Inc., Div. of Cayuga RockSaltPlant
Cayuga Rock Salt CoreSaltProspect
Ithica Salt Co. PlantSaltPast Producer
Joe Farkas No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Remington Company PlantSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tompkins County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Krum Corner in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKrum Corner$80,000A thunderstorm that moved through Tompkins County on the evening|of Monday, July 24th has been determined to have produced a|microburst that destroyed two barns, uprooted trees, and caused a|divergent path of downed trees in the direction of eastward storm|motion. The epicenter of the microburst was most likely at the|intersection of Hayts Road and Sheffield Road in Enfield, NY, where|two barns were lifted off the foundation, mostly destroyed and|displaced northwestward. Progressing eastward on Hayts Road,|uprooted trees and multiple downed trees in the eastward direction|were observed. These damage indicators began to have diverging|directions both northeast- and southeast-ward, indicating the|spread of a wind pool from a microburst.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindKrum Corner$5,000Many trees were blown down on Perry City Road.
July 2024Funnel CloudKrum Corner-A funnel cloud was spotted just west of Cayuga Lake. Photos of it were shared on social media.

Every storm recorded in Tompkins 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
Duboise Corner1.2 miles37
Whipple Corner1.3 miles37
Hayt Corner2.1 miles37
Willow Creek2.4 miles25
Van Dorn Corner2.5 miles37
Jacksonville2.7 miles25
Kennedy Corner2.7 miles37
Applegate Corner3.1 miles37

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 Q122556332The 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 954825. 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.