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Chasm Falls, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Malone town. It lies in ZIP code area 12953. It stands on Fishpole Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Chasm Falls quadrangle.

Chasm Falls within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

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 Chasm Falls, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Chasm Falls, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

54 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Chasm Falls between 1999 and 2020, burning about 66 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersBRICK CHURCH RD
17 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Chasm Falls: 4 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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
Arthur Carlin Property DepositGraphiteProspect
Campbells PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Francis J. Paro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Francis J. Paro Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Porter Road Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Briggs ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Briggs ProspectIronProspect
Owl's Head MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Owls Head MineIronProspect
Studley Hill Property DepositIronProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

1 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chasm Falls in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 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
April 1994Thunderstorm WindChasm Falls$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Owls Head3.1 miles18
Teboville3.7 miles14
Whippleville4.3 miles18
Porcaville5.4 miles18
Mountain View5.7 miles18
Duane Center7.2 miles16
Bryants Mill7.3 miles17
Malone7.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972311. 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.