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Reed Corners, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Gorham town. It lies in ZIP code area 14424. It lies near Lincoln Hill. The Survey maps it on the Rushville quadrangle.

Reed Corners within Ontario County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Reed Corners, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Reed Corners, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

169 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Reed Corners between 2001 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism30
Debris and open burning22
Smoking14
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minor6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ontario County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Reed Corners: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas. 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
J.W.Birdseye WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.Root WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ontario 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
Babbitt Corner1.6 miles22
Greens Landing2.4 miles24
Cottage City3.0 miles24
Crystal Beach3.0 miles24
Roseland Park3.2 miles24
Ennerdale3.3 miles21
Mead Corner3.5 miles22
Aloquin4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962344. 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.