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Beechertown, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Stockholm town. It lies in ZIP code area 13697. It stands on Dan Wright Brook. The Survey maps it on the Parishville quadrangle.

Beechertown within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beechertown, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Beechertown, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Beechertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism24
Debris and open burning11
Smoking9
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Beechertown: 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Granite. 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
St Regis Red Veined Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Parishville DepositIronPast Producer1885, 1895
Parishville Magnetite-Ilmenite DeIronProspect
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Converse2.4 miles19
Buckton2.5 miles19
Kellogg3.8 miles15
Fort Jackson3.9 miles15
Southville4.0 miles19
East Part4.5 miles17
Stockholm Center4.6 miles17
Hopkinton4.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 975947. 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.