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.
Then and now
1895 to 1999The 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.


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.
Octagonal Schoolhouselisted 1973 · 0.0 miles away
Church of the Nazarenelisted 1973 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
64 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | SPLIT ROCK MT FIRE |
| 19 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsworth Diopside Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Fox Hill Quarry | Wollastonite, Garnet | Past Producer | 1810, 1939, 1982 | |
| Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y. | Wollastonite, Garnet | Unknown | ||
| L E Dempster Farm Prospect | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Split Rock Graphite Prospect | Graphite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Willsboro Mine | Emery | Past Producer | Emery | |
| Split Rock Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Cabot Minerals Div. Deposit | Wollastonite | Past Producer | ||
| Jacques Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Whallonsburg | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Craterclub | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Willsboro | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Reber | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Wadhams | 6.0 miles | 31 | |
| Crowningshield | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Stowersville | 6.4 miles | 23 |
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.









