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Perkins Corner, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cazenovia town. It lies in ZIP code area 13035. It lies near Cobb Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oran quadrangle.

Perkins Corner within Madison County

Then and now

1897 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Perkins Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Perkins Corner, surveyed 1897

On record in Perkins Corner

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Perkins Corner between 1993 and 2019, burning about 30 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural5
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
30 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Perkins Corner: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 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
Cazenovia Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cazenovia Ready Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Riedel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Rippleton1.3 miles20
Ballina1.8 miles20
Union2.0 miles20
Atwell Corners2.4 miles20
Juddville2.7 miles20
Cazenovia2.7 miles20
Abell Corners2.8 miles20
West Woodstock3.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960191. 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.