Calcium, New York
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Le Ray town. It lies in ZIP code area 13616. The Survey maps it on the Black River quadrangle. 3,573 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresCalcium grew from 3,491 to 3,573 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,491 | |
| 2020 | 3,573 | +82 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Theresa quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Black River quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Theresa quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Black River quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
335 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Calcium between 2000 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 83 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/undetermined | 165 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Calcium: 11 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Watertown Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Black River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Black River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Felts Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| John Vespo Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| John Vespo Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| La Fargville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calcium in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 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.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanfords Four Corners | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Black River | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Pamelia Center | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Huntingtonville | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Felts Mills | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| East Watertown | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Watertown | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Evans Mills | 5.0 miles | 21 |
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 Calcium | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461363 | The 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 945447. 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.








