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Boquet, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Essex town. It lies in ZIP code area 12936. It lies near North Boquet Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Willsboro quadrangle.

Boquet within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boquet, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Boquet, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Boquet

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

64 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Boquet between 2002 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Boquet: 15 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Wollastonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Elsworth Diopside ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fox Hill QuarryWollastonite, GarnetPast Producer1810, 1939, 1982
Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y.Wollastonite, GarnetUnknown
L E Dempster Farm ProspectTitanium, IronProspect
Split Rock Graphite ProspectGraphite, LeadProspect
Unnamed QuarryGranitePast Producer
Willsboro MineEmeryPast ProducerEmery
Split Rock MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Cabot Minerals Div. DepositWollastonitePast Producer
Jacques PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Essex2.7 miles27
Whallonsburg2.7 miles27
Craterclub3.0 miles27
Willsboro3.7 miles27
Reber4.3 miles27
Wadhams6.0 miles31
Crowningshield6.0 miles23
Stowersville6.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 979667. 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.