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Averyville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1999. It stands in North Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 12946. The Survey maps it on the Street Mountain quadrangle.

Averyville within Essex County

Then and now

1904 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Averyville, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Averyville, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

59 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Averyville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
7 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBEAR CUB FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Averyville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Ray Brook4.3 miles27
Lake Placid4.5 miles28
North Elba5.2 miles29
Whiteface5.3 miles27
Shady Corner Curve6.6 miles29
Trudeau7.7 miles27
Undercliff7.9 miles28
Whiteface Landing8.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972184. 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.