Place Corners, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12431. The Survey maps it on the Leeds quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
217 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Place Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 131 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 19 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Place Corners: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Blue Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cairo Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| George Guidone Property Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Place Corners in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Place Corners | - | A National Weather Service Survey confirmed a microburst in the Town of Greenville at the Sunny Hill Resort. Winds tore part of the roof off of a building and debris and hail punctured the siding of other buildings. Estimated path width was 50 yards and length 100 yards. An eyewitness video showed a rotating wall cloud. The slope of the terrain and arrangement of the buildings contributed to acceleration of the winds over a small area. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Place Corners | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Center | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Gayhead | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Result | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Surprise | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Freehold | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| East Greenville | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Woodstock | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Greenville | 3.7 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122550863 | The 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 972952. 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.









