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Newmans Corner, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Chenango town. It lies in ZIP code area 13901. It stands on Gilbert Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Creek quadrangle.

Newmans Corner within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Newmans Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Newmans Corner, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Newmans Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome 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 Newmans Corner: 7 producers, 6 past producers. 7 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
Boland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chenango Bridge PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Corbisello QuarriesSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome 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
Kattellville1.3 miles24
Glen Castle1.6 miles23
Chenango Bridge1.9 miles24
Fortress Estates1.9 miles23
Hinmans Corners2.2 miles23
Port Crane3.1 miles24
Castle Creek3.2 miles23
Chenango Forks3.6 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958516. 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.