BlockPlants Corner, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Sheldon town. It lies in ZIP code area 14145. The Survey maps it on the Strykersville quadrangle.
Then and now
1923 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 61 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
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1923 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Arcade quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Strykersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Plants Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 4 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 | 30 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 June 2008 | Natural | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Plants Corner: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han-Kin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frinks Corner | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Strykersville | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sheldon | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Java Village | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Dutch Hollow | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sheldon Center | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Toziers Corner | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Java Center | 4.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122550901 | 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 972953. 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.