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Michigan Corners, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wallkill town. It lies in ZIP code area 10941. The Survey maps it on the Goshen quadrangle.

Michigan Corners within Orange County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

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 Michigan Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Michigan Corners, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

559 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 559 fires within 5 miles of Michigan Corners between 1998 and 2020, burning about 415 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined380
Arson/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning42
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Michigan Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Neelytown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal Run PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crystal Run Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Merion Blue-Grass Sod Farm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Michigan Corners in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindMichigan Corners$7,500Gusty winds caused a roof to collapse at a construction site at 643 Route 211 East.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMichigan Corners$3,000Wires down and burning on Route 211 East between Hidden Valley Drive and Goshen Turnpike in Scotchtown NY.
June 2017LightningMichigan Corners$2,500Lightning struck a home in Scotchtown on Bonnie Brae Drive.
August 2009LightningMichigan Corners$750Lightning struck a utility pole in Scotchtown near the intersection of Route 211 and Ballard Road.
July 2023Flash FloodMichigan Corners-Fire department responding to a vehicle trapped in flood waters on Ballard Road.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
Crystal Run0.6 miles25
Scotchtown1.2 miles25
Phillipsburg2.1 miles25
Stony Ford2.3 miles25
Milburn2.4 miles22
Midway Park2.6 miles25
Mechanicstown2.7 miles23
East Middletown3.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957068. 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.