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Suicide Corners, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Bethany town. It lies in ZIP code area 14525. It lies near Scarff Hill. The Survey maps it on the Stafford quadrangle.

Suicide Corners within Genesee 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 Suicide Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Suicide Corners, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

76 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Suicide Corners between 2001 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Genesee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Suicide Corners: 9 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 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
Bethany PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dobson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A.Partridge No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
A.Partridge No.2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
G.H.Beaver No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
J.Q.Adams No.1 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer
S P Cox #2 WellSalt, Natural GasPast Producer

Every working recorded in Genesee 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
Bethany Center1.6 miles18
East Bethany1.8 miles19
Texaco Town2.1 miles19
Little Canada2.8 miles19
Linden3.7 miles18
Roanoke3.8 miles19
Junction4.4 miles19
Pavilion Center4.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966741. 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.