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West Corners, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Galway town. It lies in ZIP code area 12074. The Survey maps it on the Middle Grove quadrangle.

West Corners within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 87 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 1989
Topographic sheet of West Corners, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of West Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined86
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning19
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Corners: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Rock City Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1917, 1925
Tri-Town Gravel FacilitySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-Town Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saratoga 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
South Galway Corner0.9 miles28
Birchton1.7 miles28
Parkis Mills1.9 miles21
Galway2.3 miles21
Holbrook Corners3.2 miles34
Mosherville3.3 miles21
West Milton3.4 miles28
Harmony Corners3.4 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 969187. 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.