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Underwood Corner, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Coldspring town. It lies in ZIP code area 14772. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle.

Underwood Corner within Cattaraugus County

Then and now

1922 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Underwood Corner, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Underwood Corner, surveyed 1922

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

136 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Underwood Corner between 2002 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cattaraugus County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Underwood Corner: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
H.Hotchkiss No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Corbett Hill Gravel Prod PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Girl Scout PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Towns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cattaraugus 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
Steamburg2.8 miles17
East Randolph2.9 miles16
Napoli3.6 miles16
Randolph3.9 miles16
Cold Spring4.1 miles18
Red House5.9 miles18
Bowen6.1 miles17
Vollentine6.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973175. 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.