BlockAxton Landing, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Harrietstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12986. It stands on Stony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stony Creek Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1999The 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.
Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1904 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Long Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Axton Landing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | INDIAN CARRY |
| 25 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | FLOODWOOD POND |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TROMBLEYS |
| 16 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Axton Landing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock Prospect | Graphite | Past Producer | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coreys | 1.3 miles | 26 | |
| Wawbeek | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Tupper Lake | 7.3 miles | 26 | |
| Moody | 8.5 miles | 26 | |
| Saranac Inn | 9.9 miles | 23 | |
| Floodwood | 9.9 miles | 23 | |
| McMasters Crossing | 12.0 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Clear | 12.5 miles | 27 |
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 Q122570315 | The 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 972187. 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.