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Wyman Corner, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fenton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13833. It lies near Hunt Hill. The Survey maps it on the Chenango Forks quadrangle.

Wyman Corner within Broome County

Then and now

1904 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wyman Corner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Wyman Corner, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

83 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Wyman Corner between 1999 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
5 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broome County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Wyman Corner: 7 past producers, 6 producers. 6 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
Crouch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Inghram Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
New York State Dept. Trans. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O Brien PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pond 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rose PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Pleasant Hill1.2 miles24
Tunnel2.4 miles14
Sanitaria Springs2.7 miles24
Country Manor3.1 miles14
Forest Manor3.1 miles24
New Ohio3.2 miles14
North Fenton3.3 miles24
Quinneville3.4 miles24

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 Q122596237The 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 973299. 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.