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Williams Corner, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Middlesex town. It lies in ZIP code area 14507. The Survey maps it on the Middlesex quadrangle.

Williams Corner within Yates County

Then and now

1900 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Williams Corner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Williams Corner, surveyed 1900

On record in Williams Corner

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Williams Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yates County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Williams Corner: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. 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
Hays PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Heys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Potter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Yates 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
Middlesex1.1 miles25
Valley View1.8 miles25
Pine Corners2.5 miles25
Potter2.5 miles21
Rushville3.6 miles22
Vine Valley3.9 miles25
Friend5.1 miles21
East Potter6.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973271. 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.