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Spencer Corners, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1993. It stands in North East town. It lies in ZIP code area 12546. It stands on Kelsey Brook. The Survey maps it on the Millerton quadrangle.

Spencer Corners within Dutchess County

Then and now

1899 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spencer Corners, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Spencer Corners, surveyed 1899

On record in Spencer 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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Spencer Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined77
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry42 ETHAN ALLLEN STREET SALISBURY
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named
20 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestry341 MILLERTON ROAD
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreConnecticut Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dutchess County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Spencer Corners: 32 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Marble, Dimension. 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
Clarke MineIron, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dakin Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Dakin Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast Producer
Kelly Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Kelly Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast Producer
Marble QuarriesMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Morgan Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Reynolds Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Dutchess 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
State Line0.6 miles35
Millerton0.8 miles27
Irondale1.2 miles27
Mount Riga2.3 miles27
Northeast Center2.8 miles27
Coleman Station4.3 miles27
Whitehouse Crossing4.4 miles20
Pulvers Corners4.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965983. 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.