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Spragues Corner, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Covington town. It lies in ZIP code area 14525. It lies near Pikes Peak. The Survey maps it on the Wyoming quadrangle.

Spragues Corner within Wyoming County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spragues Corner, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Spragues Corner, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

50 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Spragues Corner between 2002 and 2018, burning about 36 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Spragues Corner: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Natural Gas, 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
Dobson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Welch Bros PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
A.Partridge No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Partridge No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
C.Johnson No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasUnknown
E.Whitney No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
F.Fagan No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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
Covington1.0 miles19
Pearl Creek1.0 miles19
Paines Corner1.1 miles19
Lagrange3.3 miles19
Lambs Corner3.4 miles19
Peoria3.5 miles23
Wyoming3.7 miles19
Wrights Corner4.1 miles19

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 Q122570863The 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 973106. 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.