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Black Lake, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hammond town. It lies in ZIP code area 13646. It lies near Bowman Island. The Survey maps it on the Hammond quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Black Lake within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1912 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Black Lake (historical), surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Black Lake (historical), surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 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 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Black Lake (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Natural1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Black Lake (historical): 13 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Dolomite. 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
Mineral Point DepositLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Pope Mills DepositGraphitePast Producer1895, 1945
St Lawrence State Hospital QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Unnamed Quartz Syenite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionPast Producer
East Bigelow DepositLead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
F.E. Turner DepositLead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Nelson Farm DepositLead, ZincPast Producer
West Bigelow DepositLead, ZincPast Producer1836, 1839, 1865
East Bigelow School ProspectLeadProspect
Middle Bigelow School ProspectLeadProspect

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
Cedars1.8 miles19
Hammond2.4 miles19
Ruby Corner3.5 miles19
North Hammond3.9 miles19
Brier Hill4.2 miles19
Pope Mills4.2 miles19
Edwardsville5.0 miles17
Brasie Corners5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2106707. 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.