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Alpina, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Diana town. It lies in ZIP code area 13648. It lies near Round Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Bonaparte quadrangle.

Alpina within Lewis County

Then and now

1913 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alpina, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Alpina, surveyed 1913

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.

Fires near this place

18 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Alpina between 2004 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
30 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2017Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 June 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 May 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 May 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresNew York Forest RangersSH 812
15 May 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis 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 Alpina: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Wollastonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, Mica. 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
Erwin Ackerman Property DepositMicaProspect
George G. Goodelle Property DepositIronProspect
Harrisville QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Patchin Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Patchin Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Gouveneur #4 Mine & #3 MillWollastonitePlant
Harrisville DepositWollastoniteOccurrence
Valentine MineWollastoniteProducer1978

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpina in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAlpina$50,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Lake Bonaparte3.3 miles18
Remington Corners4.7 miles17
Harrisville5.7 miles17
Diana Center6.5 miles17
Kimball Mill7.1 miles17
North Croghan Crossing10.0 miles17
Jerden Falls12.1 miles17
Texas13.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972162. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.