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South Corning, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Corning town. It lies in ZIP code area 14830. It stands on Bailey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caton quadrangle. 1,108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

South Corning within Steuben County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 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 Corning, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Corning, surveyed 1914

Population over time

3 figures

South Corning fell from 1,147 to 1,108 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,147
20101,145-2 (-0%)
20201,108-37 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of South Corning between 1992 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 14 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/undetermined130
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning31
Smoking27
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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
9 September 2006Smoking2.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresNew York Forest RangersWEST HILL FIRE
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben 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 South Corning: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zirconium. 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
Corning PlantZirconiumUnknown
East Corning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East Corning PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rhinehart Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Corning in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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
July 2012Tornado (EF1)South Corning$200,000Damage began in heavily wooded property along Welch Road west of the community college. The path moved through the South Corning Community College with most of the damage to trees. It moved down the hill impacting trees and property to the east of the community college and moving into South Corning area. Homes and property were impacted along County Route 44 as the tornado moved east. Two silos were damaged and airborne missiles penetrated a house. There was damage to siding, trim/flashing, and porches. A couple sheds were destroyed. Many homes will have to deal with tree removal. Numerous trees came down in a community just south of 44 on Brown Hollow Road. The tornado ended near Murphy Road.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Corning$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSouth Corning$10,000A weak cold front crossed the area during the afternoon producing isolated, severe thunderstorms. In Olean, the thunderstorm winds downed a 70-foot willow tree.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Corning$5,000Trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Corning$5,000Numerous trees were blown down around Corning Community College.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Corning$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down large trees and wires.
June 2013HailSouth Corning-no account filed
June 2013HailSouth Corning-no account filed
July 2007HailSouth Corning-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Steuben 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
Gibson1.3 miles23
Corning Manor1.7 miles22
Corning1.7 miles23
Denmark2.6 miles23
East Corning2.7 miles32
West Caton3.1 miles22
Riverside3.4 miles23
Painted Post4.1 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on South CorningAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3452745The 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 965727. 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.