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Whipple Corner, New York

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1992. It lies in ZIP code area 14850. The Survey maps it on the Ithaca West quadrangle.

Whipple Corner within Tompkins County

Then and now

1893 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whipple Corner, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Whipple Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 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

105 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Whipple Corner between 1993 and 2018, burning about 54 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined59
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking11
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
6 September 2001Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tompkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Whipple Corner: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Halite. 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
Cayuga Mine and MillHalitePast ProducerHalite
Bailey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brooktondale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cargill, Inc., Div. of Cayuga RockSaltPlant
Ithaca Deep Well No.1SaltPast Producer
Ithica Salt Co. PlantSaltPast Producer
Pit Number 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pit Number 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Remington Company PlantSaltPast Producer
Remington Salt WellSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tompkins 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
Kennedy Corner1.3 miles37
Krum Corner1.3 miles37
Van Dorn Corner1.4 miles37
Hayt Corner1.6 miles37
Duboise Corner2.3 miles37
Applegate Corner2.3 miles37
McKinneys3.5 miles37
Jacksonville3.7 miles25

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 Q122543697The 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 973260. 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.