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South Corinth, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Corinth town. It lies in ZIP code area 12859. The Survey maps it on the Corinth quadrangle.

South Corinth within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

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 South Corinth, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of South Corinth, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of South Corinth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning43
Arson/incendiarism25
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Smoking2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of South Corinth: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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
Corinth Feldspar Co. QuarryFeldspar, Quartz, Mica, GarnetOccurrenceBiotite, Feldspar, Garnet, Quartz
Rose Haupt Property DepositMica, Feldspar, QuartzProspect
Corinth Feldspar Co.Feldspar, QuartzOccurrence1907
Empire Graphite MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerMetamorphic
Flake Graphite Co. PropertyGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1906, 1919, 1925
South Cormith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
South Cormith Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flake Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer
Corinth Feldspar Co.ProspectFeldsparProspect
Woodstock ProspectFeldsparProspect

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Corinth in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Corinth-A dozen trees were estimated to be downed off Miner Road in Porters Corners.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Corinth-A tree was downed on wires.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Corinth-There was a report of a tree down on Tannery Hill Road and Miner Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSouth Corinth-A tree and powerlines were down in the roadway.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth Corinth-Trees and wires were downed on Atwell Road in the town of Corinth due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSouth Corinth-A tree was reported down at the intersection of Atwell Road and Wells Road in Corinth due to thunderstorm winds. The road was closed as a result of the downed tree.

Every storm recorded in Saratoga 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 Greenfield2.2 miles27
Kings3.2 miles27
Porter Corners3.5 miles27
Corinth3.8 miles27
Randall Corner3.8 miles27
Sky Ranch4.2 miles27
Palmer4.3 miles27
Greenfield Center4.8 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965726. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.