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Stokes Corner, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lee town. It lies in ZIP code area 13363. It stands on Big Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Westernville quadrangle.

Stokes Corner within Oneida County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stokes Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Stokes Corner, surveyed 1904

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

119 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Stokes Corner between 1998 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined53
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning15
Natural7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stokes Corner: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Craig PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hanicker Brothers Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sullivan Sand & Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stokes Corner in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2025Thunderstorm WindStokes Corner$15,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on a house. A person was trapped in the basement.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindStokes Corner$10,000Roofs were blown off at least two houses. There were several reports of damage in the area.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindStokes Corner$3,000Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2008HailStokes Corner-Hail covered the ground.

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Lake Delta0.7 miles22
Hawkins Corner1.3 miles22
Elmer Hill2.1 miles22
Lee Center2.4 miles19
Beartown3.4 miles22
West Lee4.1 miles19
Canterbury Hill4.5 miles22
Coonrod4.6 miles25

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 Q122553751The 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 966483. 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.