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Stewart Corners, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Frankfort town. It lies in ZIP code area 13340. The Survey maps it on the Utica East quadrangle.

Stewart Corners within Herkimer County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

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 Stewart Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Stewart Corners, surveyed 1898

On record in Stewart 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

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

198 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Stewart Corners between 2000 and 2020, burning about 134 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking24
Debris and open burning21
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Herkimer 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 Stewart Corners: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Davis OpeningIronPast Producer
Golf Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones & Smith Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Ludlow Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Herkimer 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
Norwich Corners2.0 miles24
Gulph2.1 miles24
Frankfort Center2.4 miles24
Days Corners3.5 miles17
Harbor3.9 miles24
West Frankfort3.9 miles24
Jersalem Hill4.4 miles17
Cranes Corners4.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966403. 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.