BlockSturges Corner, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Kortright town. It lies in ZIP code area 13750. It stands on Center Brook. The Survey maps it on the Davenport quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Delhi quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Davenport quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Sturges Corner between 1995 and 2020, burning about 95 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 May 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | SUNRISE MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 21 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sturges Corner: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillis Gravel Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Town of Harpersfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Kortright | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| West Harpersfield | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Kortright Center | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hoseaville | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kortright Station | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Harpersfield | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| North Harpersfield | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Butts Corner | 3.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122590674 | The 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 966668. 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.