BlockBay Pond, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Santa Clara town. It lies in ZIP code area 12970. The Survey maps it on the Bay Pond quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1905 USGS Saint Regis quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Saint Regis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Saint Regis Mtn quadrangle1:25000
- 1979 USGS Saint Regis Mtn. quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Saint Regis Mtn. quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bay Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | 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 Bay Pond: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuttle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Keese Mill | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Floodwood | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Meno | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Saranac Inn | 7.7 miles | 23 | |
| McColloms | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Upper Saint Regis | 7.9 miles | 24 | |
| Paul Smiths | 8.5 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972204. 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.