Benson Mines, New York

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1916 1985

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.

• 1916 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1918 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
• 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Benson Mines between 1995 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Star Lake
• Coffins Mills
• Oswegatchie
• Newton Falls
• Aldrich
• Briggs

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Benson Mines: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 975955. 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.