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Bucks Bridge, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Potsdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 13660. It stands on Nettle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morley quadrangle.

Bucks Bridge within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bucks Bridge, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Bucks Bridge, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

On record in Bucks Bridge

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

90 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Bucks Bridge between 2003 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning7
Natural5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 August 2020Natural5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2010Missing 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bucks Bridge: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Morley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Town of Madrid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Madrid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Madrid Springs2.6 miles15
Madrid3.5 miles16
Morley3.5 miles15
West Potsdam3.9 miles14
Slab City4.3 miles14
Hague Crossing4.3 miles15
Turnbull Corner4.9 miles16
Chipman5.6 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122563570The 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 976055. 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.