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Turnbull Corner, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Madrid town. It lies in ZIP code area 13660. The Survey maps it on the Waddington quadrangle.

Turnbull Corner within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

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 Turnbull Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Turnbull Corner, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Turnbull Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Turnbull Corner: 1 past producer, 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
Town of Madrid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Madrid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Madrid1.9 miles16
Madrid Springs2.4 miles15
Chipman2.7 miles16
Halfway House Corners2.7 miles16
Bucks Bridge4.9 miles15
Drews Corner5.1 miles16
Dalton Crossing5.6 miles15
Hague Crossing5.7 miles15

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 Q122556200The 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 977145. 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.