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Millers Corners, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nassau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12123. The Survey maps it on the Nassau quadrangle.

Millers Corners within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millers Corners, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Millers Corners, surveyed 1893

On record in Millers Corners

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Millers Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined132
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism45
Natural21
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Millers Corners: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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
Alps PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reid PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer 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
North Nassau1.5 miles30
North Schodack1.5 miles30
Maple Grove2.0 miles30
Sliters2.4 miles30
Denault Corners3.0 miles30
Morey Park3.3 miles30
Averill Park3.5 miles30
Hoag Corners3.7 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957330. 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.