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Boreas River, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Minerva town. It lies in ZIP code area 12851. It stands on Durgin Brook. The Survey maps it on the Cheney Pond quadrangle.

Boreas River within Essex County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boreas River, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Boreas River, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Boreas River between 2015 and 2017, burning about 66 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
13 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 June 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 May 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution60 acresFire Department of New YorkTAHAWUS CLUB
15 April 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution6.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boreas River: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Donovan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boreas River in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Flash FloodBoreas River$250,000Two to four inches of rain fell across the affected area during the late evening and early morning hours of July 10-11. This led to scattered areas of flash flooding, most notably in the towns of Chilson, Olmsteadville and Ironville where several roads were reported damaged or washed out.

Every storm 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
Aiden Lair5.2 miles26
Loch Muller6.5 miles27
Stillwater8.0 miles26
Tahawus8.9 miles24
Blue Ridge9.5 miles25
Irishtown9.9 miles27
Pudding Hollow10.3 miles26
Minerva10.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972248. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.