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Childwold, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Piercefield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12922. It stands on Tuttle Brook. The Survey maps it on the Childwold quadrangle. It stands 1,627 feet above sea level.

Childwold within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1920 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Childwold, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Childwold, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

On record in Childwold

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

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Childwold between 2013 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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
27 July 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMASSAWEPIE FIRE
10 May 2013Natural6.8 acresNew York Forest RangersSAMPSON POND FIRE
18 October 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersRAQUETTE RIVER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Childwold: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bliss-Murphy ClaimIronProspect

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
Childwold Park2.0 miles15
Gale2.1 miles15
Sevey2.9 miles15
Shurtleff4.8 miles15
Conifer5.5 miles22
Piercefield6.2 miles22
Brandy Brook6.6 miles21
Hollywood (historical)7.7 miles15

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 ChildwoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740175The 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 976124. 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.