BlockAlder Brook, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12981. It lies near Law Hill. The Survey maps it on the Alder Brook quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Alder Brook quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Alder Brook between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LEROYS FIRE |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | UNION FALLS POND FIRE |
| 11 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SILVER LAKE MOUNTAIN |
| 12 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Alder Brook: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodruff Fall Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Duncan Mountain Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Duncan Mountain Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarbush | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Two Brooks | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Goldsmith | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Merrillsville | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Forestdale | 5.5 miles | 27 | |
| Franklin Falls | 5.5 miles | 27 | |
| Loon Lake | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Vermontville | 7.8 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973229. 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.