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Punkshire Corners, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Arcade town. It lies in ZIP code area 14009. The Survey maps it on the Arcade quadrangle.

Punkshire Corners within Wyoming County

Then and now

1923 to 1984

The 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 sheet of Punkshire Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Punkshire Corners, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

66 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Punkshire Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Punkshire Corners: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
Fred Howe WellSaltPast Producer
K.R.Wilson No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Han-Kin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sardinia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Curriers2.1 miles15
Java Center4.7 miles15
Arcade4.8 miles15
Java Village5.0 miles15
East Arcade5.8 miles15
Strykersville7.2 miles15
Plants Corner7.3 miles15
Southburg7.6 miles14

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 Q122558689The 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 961984. 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.