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Burdick Crossing, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crown Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 12928. It lies near Indian Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Crown Point quadrangle.

Burdick Crossing within Essex County

Then and now

1894 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Burdick Crossing, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Burdick Crossing, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 32 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

66 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Burdick Crossing between 2001 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined31
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersMILLER MOUNTAIN
3 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex 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 Burdick Crossing: 9 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Iron, 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
Crown Point QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crown Point Spar MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer1925, 1930
Rose Rock QuarryFeldspar, Mica, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerFeldspar, Mica, Pyrite
Biglow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Biglow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crown Point Spar Company QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Letsonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose Rock QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Butler MineIronProspect

Every working 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
Factoryville2.5 miles32
Crown Point2.5 miles32
Cold Spring Park2.8 miles32
Crown Point Center3.8 miles32
Port Henry4.7 miles28
Moriah6.0 miles28
Moriah Center6.9 miles28
Ironville7.3 miles27

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 Q122551245The 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 972283. 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.