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Randall Corner, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Corinth town. It lies in ZIP code area 12822. It lies near Clothier Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Corinth quadrangle.

Randall Corner within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Randall Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Randall Corner, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Randall Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 222 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Other causes1

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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Randall Corner: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar, Graphite, Marble, Dimension. 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
Corinth Feldspar Co. QuarryFeldspar, Quartz, Mica, GarnetOccurrenceBiotite, Feldspar, Garnet, Quartz
Graphite Products Corp MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1910, 1918, 1925
Graphite Products Corp.Graphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerMetamorphic
Rose Haupt Property DepositMica, Feldspar, QuartzProspect
Corinth Feldspar Co.Feldspar, QuartzOccurrence1907
Graphite Products Corp.MineGraphitePast Producer
Pallette QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pallette QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Corinth Feldspar Co.ProspectFeldsparProspect
Hudson Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Saratoga 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
Palmer2.5 miles27
Corinth2.9 miles27
Wilton3.6 miles28
South Corinth3.8 miles27
Grants Woods4.0 miles28
Ashfords Way4.1 miles28
North Greenfield4.7 miles27
Kings Station4.7 miles27

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 Q122541802The 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 962171. 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.