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Langton Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 14058. It lies near Bulgary Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Batavia North quadrangle.

Langton Corners within Genesee County

Then and now

1897 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Langton Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Langton Corners, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

69 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Langton Corners between 1999 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2

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
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Langton Corners: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Barre Sand, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Yunker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Elba1.5 miles18
East Oakfield3.3 miles18
East Elba3.7 miles18
Daws3.8 miles18
Oakfield5.1 miles17
Five Corners5.6 miles17
Pumpkin Hill6.3 miles20
Byron6.5 miles20

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 Q122591417The 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 955038. 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.