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Sherlock Corners, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fleming town. It lies in ZIP code area 13021. It stands on Veness Brook. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle.

Sherlock Corners within Cayuga County

Then and now

1899 to 1986

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 Sherlock Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sherlock Corners, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

202 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Sherlock Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined118
Arson/incendiarism37
Smoking15
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cayuga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sherlock Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Franklin Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Street Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Harkington Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cayuga 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
Shumaker Crossing0.2 miles28
Melrose Park1.6 miles28
Auburn2.4 miles28
Fleming2.5 miles26
Highland Beach3.0 miles28
Half Acre3.4 miles28
Petty Corner3.4 miles28
Degroff3.7 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 Q122549495The 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 965072. 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.