Shutter Corners, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wright town. It lies in ZIP code area 12157. It stands on Louse Kill. The Survey maps it on the Schoharie quadrangle.
Then and now
1898 to 1985The 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.


On record in Shutter Corners
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Becker Stone Houselisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away- Becker-Westfall Houselisted 1979 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1900 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Schoharie quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Shutter Corners between 1996 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 July 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Shutter Corners: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Strontium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoharie Pyrite Deposit | Sulfur, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Masick Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Masick Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Schoharie No. 3 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schoharie No. 3 Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Schoharie Strontianite Deposit | Strontium, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Schoharie Strontianite Occurrence | Strontium | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallupville | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Schoharie | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Old Central Bridge | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Schoharie Junction | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Central Bridge | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Esperance | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Middleburgh | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Howes Cave | 7.0 miles | 22 |
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 Q122571940 | The 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 965196. 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.









