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Lambs Corner, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Middlebury town. It lies in ZIP code area 14591. It lies near Handyside Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Wyoming quadrangle.

Lambs Corner within Wyoming County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lambs Corner, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Lambs Corner, surveyed 1904

On record in Lambs Corner

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

38 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Lambs Corner between 2002 and 2017, burning about 26 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 May 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 May 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lambs Corner: 14 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, 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
Dobson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Welch Bros PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A.Partridge No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Partridge No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
F.Fagan No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
J.Q.Adams No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
S P Cox #2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Wyoming0.9 miles19
Millers Corner2.5 miles19
Pearl Creek2.6 miles19
Ewells Corner2.6 miles19
Saltvale2.9 miles19
Wrights Corner3.1 miles19
Spragues Corner3.4 miles19
Lagrange3.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972704. 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.