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About the Center
Updated
08/25/2008
Big Flats Plant Materials Center
Established |
1940 |
Size |
203 Acres |
Land Ownership |
NRCS |
Operation |
NRCS |
Description of the Big Flats PMC Service Area
The area served by the Big Flats Plant
Materials Center (PMC) contains both glaciated and non-glaciated soils. The
Center provides service to
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania. This cool, humid region consists of
plateaus, plains and mountains. The elevations range from sea level to 6,300
feet above sea level. Minimum temperatures range from 0 to -40 degrees
Fahrenheit. The frost free season is 120 days to 160 days, but is less than
100 days in the higher mountains.
Dairies, fruit,
and truck crops dominate the area's agriculture. Potatoes are a major crop
in various parts of the region. Large areas are forested, which produce
significant amounts of timber. Products include lumber, pulpwood, Christmas
trees, firewood, and maple syrup.
Non-agricultural activities which play a dramatic role in the use of
conservation plants include surface mining, expanded land transportation
systems, heavy urban development, and increasing recreational facilities.
Some large forest holdings are used for watershed protection, such as the
New York Water Authority.
Getting to the Big Flats Plant Materials Center
The Big Flats PMC is located
in the Southern Tier of central New York about 4 miles east of Corning and
about 1 hour south of Ithaca, NY (Cornell).
* Take Rte. 17 east from Corning about 4 miles
* Exit at Rte. 352 (Exit 48, East Corning)
* Follow Rte. 352 east about 1.5 miles
* The PMC is on the left side of the road (see map provided below)
![Map to Big Flats PMC](images/map_sm-NYPMC.jpg)
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