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Squirrels Corners, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Forestburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12777. The Survey maps it on the Highland Lake quadrangle.

Squirrels Corners within Sullivan County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Squirrels Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Squirrels Corners, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

140 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Squirrels Corners between 1998 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 14 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
Smoking54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning20
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sullivan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Squirrels Corners: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Simenitsky Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Simenitsky Brothers Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
William Cooper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
William Cooper Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sullivan 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
Saint Josephs2.2 miles24
Merriewold Park2.5 miles24
Fowlerville3.0 miles23
Forestburg3.4 miles23
Melody Lake4.5 miles24
Philwold4.6 miles24
Maplewood4.9 miles25
Coopers Corners5.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122560089The 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 966185. 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.