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Bellmont Center, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bellmont town. It lies in ZIP code area 12953. The Survey maps it on the Chasm Falls quadrangle.

Bellmont Center within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bellmont Center, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bellmont Center, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

22 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Bellmont Center between 2001 and 2016, burning about 18 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
10 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2014Debris and open burning1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 June 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Bellmont Center: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, 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
Lawrence PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northern Adriondack QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Franklin-Clinton Sandstone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1958, 1962
Franklin-Clinton Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1958, 1962
Northern Adirondack QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northern Adriondack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Burke4.3 miles14
Thayer Corners5.1 miles14
Burke Center5.4 miles14
Brainardsville5.5 miles14
Chateaugay6.2 miles16
Teboville6.4 miles14
Brayton Hollow6.5 miles14
Whippleville7.2 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 Q122571148The 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 972217. 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.