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Alexandria Center, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alexandria town. It lies in ZIP code area 13679. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria Bay quadrangle.

Alexandria Center within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alexandria Center, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Alexandria Center, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

141 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Alexandria Center between 2002 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined81
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Alexandria Center: 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Lead. 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
J. Leopold and Co. QuarryGranitePast ProducerUnknown
Redwood Lead OccurrenceLeadOccurrence
Hunter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plessis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rebscher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fern OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Hollywood Club OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Outafit OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Wolfe Hole OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Godfreys Corner1.1 miles18
Browns Corners1.1 miles19
Edgewood Park2.7 miles18
Plessis2.8 miles19
Alexandria Bay2.9 miles18
Point Vivian4.0 miles18
Redwood4.0 miles19
Goose Bay4.4 miles19

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 Q122544204The 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 942310. 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.