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Bean Hill Crossing, New York

19 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 Redwood quadrangle.

Bean Hill Crossing 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 Bean Hill Crossing, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Bean Hill Crossing, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

107 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Bean Hill Crossing between 2002 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined66
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire 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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bean Hill Crossing: 4 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rebscher PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hollywood Club OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Outafit OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Nelson ProspectLeadOccurrenceReplacement
O. H. Gordon Farm ProspectLeadProspect
Redwood Lead OccurrenceLeadOccurrence

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
Redwood2.2 miles19
Goose Bay4.0 miles19
Browns Corners4.3 miles19
Alexandria Center4.9 miles18
Plessis5.4 miles19
Godfreys Corner5.9 miles18
Bartletts Corner5.9 miles18
Alexandria Bay6.9 miles18

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 Q122567375The 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 972206. 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.