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Beartown, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Beekmantown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12992. The Survey maps it on the West Chazy quadrangle.

Beartown within Clinton County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beartown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Beartown, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Beartown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined105
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning19
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Beartown: 7 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, Calcium. 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
Rand Hill Region AnorthositeAluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, CalciumProspectSurface
Adcock No. 1 & 2 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Adcott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barcomb DevelopmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrisonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrisonville Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Old Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shelters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Beekmantown GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
West Beekmantown1.6 miles24
West Plattsburgh3.1 miles19
Morrisonville4.6 miles19
Beekmantown4.8 miles28
Robinson4.8 miles24
Woods Mills4.9 miles19
Cadyville4.9 miles19
Jericho5.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972209. 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.