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West Corners, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Union town. It lies in ZIP code area 13760. It stands on Choconut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Endicott quadrangle.

West Corners within Broome County

Then and now

1901 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Corners, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of West Corners, surveyed 1901

On record in West Corners

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

339 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 339 fires within 5 miles of West Corners between 1993 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined162
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning32
Smoking25
Recreation and ceremony24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural19
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10

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
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing 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
3 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of West Corners: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 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
Chase-Troy Chem.Co.No.1 WellSaltProspect
R.G.Hotchkiss No.1 WellSaltProspect
Barney and Dick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barney and Dick Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Murphy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Nichols QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wormuth PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Broome County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Corners in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWest Corners2 hurt, $20,000no account filed
June 2015Flash FloodWest Corners$100,000Flooding had washed out Daugherty Road, and damaged the Newark Valley-Maine Road.
July 2021Flash FloodWest Corners$30,000Several cars were reported to be stranded in water.
December 2023Flash FloodWest Corners$20,000Several residences along Route 26 are surrounded by water. Some basements are filling with water.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Corners$10,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down trees and wires near 718 Day Hollow Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Corners$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree near 1102 Laurelton Drive.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindWest Corners$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and wires.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Corners$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a large pine tree in a yard.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Corners$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds brought down a tree.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Corners$1,000Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree onto Carl Rd.
May 2000HailWest Corners-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Broome 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
Endicott1.4 miles30
Vestal2.0 miles30
Twin Orchard2.6 miles30
Endwell2.7 miles30
Union Center2.8 miles30
Ross Corners3.3 miles30
Willow Point4.3 miles23
Westover5.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969186. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.