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Thompsons Corner, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vienna town. It lies in ZIP code area 13316. It stands on Fields Brook. The Survey maps it on the Camden West quadrangle.

Thompsons Corner within Oneida County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Thompsons Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Thompsons Corner, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

86 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Thompsons Corner between 1996 and 2020, burning about 94 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning13
Natural10
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 July 1997Smoking3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida 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 Thompsons Corner: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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
Coonrod PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
George W. Bryant PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnellsville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcconnellsville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Preston Hill1.6 miles21
Elpis2.9 miles21
Dibbletown3.1 miles19
Camden3.4 miles19
McConnellsville4.1 miles19
North Bay4.2 miles26
Hillsboro4.2 miles21
Long Crossing4.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973152. 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.