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Sherburne Four Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plymouth town. It lies in ZIP code area 13464. The Survey maps it on the Earlville quadrangle.

Sherburne Four Corners within Chenango County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sherburne Four Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sherburne Four Corners, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Sherburne Four Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2005Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2002Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chenango County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sherburne Four Corners: 3 producers, 3 past 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
Hill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Norwich PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Robert H. Stackhouse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sheburne Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Smyrna Town Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Webbs Gravel BedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Chenango 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 Norwich2.4 miles19
Galena2.6 miles19
Smyrna3.0 miles18
Sherburne3.3 miles17
Plymouth3.7 miles19
Plasterville4.5 miles19
South Plymouth4.7 miles19
Harrisville4.9 miles17

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 Q122552983The 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 965063. 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.