Williams Corners, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Eaton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13408. The Survey maps it on the Morrisville quadrangle.

Williams Corners within Madison County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 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 Corners, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Williams Corners, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

1902 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1943 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Morrisville quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Williams Corners between 1992 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined	22
Natural	17
Arson/incendiarism	12
Debris and open burning	8
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Other causes	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
7 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
10 August 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 July 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Williams Corners: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Dwight Graham No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
	Melvin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Eagleville	1.7 miles	18
Morrisville	1.8 miles	18
West Eaton	2.8 miles	18
Pierceville	3.5 miles	18
Morrisville Station	3.7 miles	18
White Corners	3.8 miles	18
Pratts Hollow	4.3 miles	18
Eaton	4.4 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971308. 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.