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Oaks Corners, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Phelps town. It lies in ZIP code area 14532. The Survey maps it on the Phelps quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.

Oaks Corners within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

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 Oaks Corners, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Oaks Corners, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

197 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Oaks Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined87
Arson/incendiarism39
Smoking36
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Oaks Corners: 11 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Geneva MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geneva PlantLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pat O'Connor No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Phelps QuarryGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Five Points PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Long Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Oaks Corners PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ontario County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oaks Corners in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners2 killed, $35,000Officials reported two people were killed when a tree fell on their car.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$20,000no account filed
November 2025Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$4,000Reports of trees and wires downed in Phelps and Geneva.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$2,000Multiple reports of trees and wires down were received.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$1,500Tree and wires downed on Carter Road south of Cross Road.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$500Tree and limbs in roadway, blocking only one lane of the road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$500Tree downed on Welch Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners$500Tree downed on Pre Emption St.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindOaks Corners-Tree downed blocking both lanes on Pre Emption Road.
May 2017HailOaks Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ontario 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
Unionville1.9 miles21
Fort Hill1.9 miles21
Five Points2.1 miles23
West Junius2.4 miles23
Melvin Hill2.9 miles21
Phelps3.0 miles21
Dobbins Corner3.2 miles23
Pre-emption3.8 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on Oaks CornersAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740559The 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 959179. 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.