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Saxe Corner, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ellisburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 13661. It stands on Taylor Brook. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle.

Saxe Corner within Jefferson County

Then and now

1893 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saxe Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Saxe Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

65 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Saxe Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Saxe Corner: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edison-Mullen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morris Hatcliff Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morris Hatcliff Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rural Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rural Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rural Hill S & G Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rural Hill S & G Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Belleville1.7 miles21
Wardwell2.2 miles21
Taylor Settlement2.4 miles21
Ellisburg2.4 miles19
Woodville3.1 miles21
Pierrepont Manor3.1 miles22
Roberts Corner4.0 miles21
Mannsville4.0 miles22

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 Q122556352The 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 973044. 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.