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Shady Corner Curve, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in North Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 12946. It lies near Mount Van Hoevenberg. The Survey maps it on the North Elba quadrangle.

Shady Corner Curve within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shady Corner Curve, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Shady Corner Curve, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Shady Corner Curve

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

48 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Shady Corner Curve between 1994 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning8
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBEAR CUB FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHOLCOMB
1 September 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex 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 Shady Corner Curve: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Lyons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lyons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
North Elba2.2 miles29
Lake Placid5.0 miles28
Averyville6.6 miles25
Whiteface7.5 miles27
Keene7.8 miles28
Keene Valley7.9 miles29
Whiteface Landing8.5 miles28
Undercliff8.7 miles28

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 Q122563323The 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 973054. 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.