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Brier Hill, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Morristown town. It lies in ZIP code area 13614. The Survey maps it on the Morristown quadrangle. It stands 341 feet above sea level.

Brier Hill within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1906 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brier Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Brier Hill, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

On record in Brier Hill

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

98 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Brier Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning16
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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
18 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Brier Hill: 10 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Lead. 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
Unnamed Quartz Syenite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stout Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stout PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stouts Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stouts Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brier Hill in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBrier Hill$10,000Several trees and power lines reported downed by thunderstorm winds in the Morristown - Brier Hill vicinity.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBrier Hill$5,000Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds on Sand street at Ireland road.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBrier Hill$5,000Trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in Brier Hill.

Every storm 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
Cedars3.1 miles19
Edwardsville3.7 miles17
Morristown3.9 miles19
Black Lake (historical)4.2 miles19
Terrace Park4.8 miles19
Oak Point4.8 miles7
North Hammond4.8 miles19
Edgewater Park5.0 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Brier HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740364The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976026. 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.