Brandy Brook, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Colton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12927. It lies near Wolf Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Cranberry Lake quadrangle.

Brandy Brook within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1919 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brandy Brook, surveyed 1999

Topographic sheet of Brandy Brook, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1919 USGS Cranberry Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1921 USGS Cranberry Lake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
1931 USGS Cranberry Lake quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Cranberry Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1999 USGS Cranberry Lake quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

15 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Brandy Brook between 2002 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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
5 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	NA
16 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
22 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	GRASS RIVER FIRE
17 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	CRANBERRY LAKE FIRE
8 July 2018	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
10 July 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
24 May 2015	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	New York Forest Rangers	MASSAWEPIE HUNTING CLUB FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Brandy Brook: 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Brandy Brook Anomaly	Iron	Occurrence	1944
Brandy Brook Northwest Occurrence	Iron	Occurrence	1944
Brandy Brook Southeast Occurrence	Iron	Occurrence	1944
Burntbridge Pond Occurrence	Iron	Occurrence	1945
Outafit Deposit	Iron	Occurrence	1945
Silver Pond Anomaly	Iron	Occurrence	1945
Silver Pond Occurrence	Iron	Occurrence	1944

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Shurtleff	1.7 miles	15
Cranberry Lake	3.6 miles	21
Sevey	4.7 miles	15
Cook Corners	5.8 miles	21
Childwold	6.6 miles	15
Childwold Park	7.2 miles	15
Gale	7.8 miles	15
Conifer	8.9 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976011. 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.