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Clare, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clare town. It lies in ZIP code area 13684. It lies near Burns Flat. The Survey maps it on the West Pierrepont quadrangle.

Clare within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clare, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Clare, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

On record in Clare

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Clare between 1993 and 2017, burning about 56 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
20 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
31 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 July 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
31 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 July 1997Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clare: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Molybdenum, Copper. 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
RussellMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Loup ProspectIronProspect
Walker FarmIronOccurrence
White Place AnomalyIronOccurrence1945
Wier ProspectIronProspect

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
Degrasse3.6 miles16
Palmerville3.6 miles15
South Russell4.0 miles15
Derbys Corners4.8 miles15
Clarksboro5.0 miles16
Russell5.0 miles15
West Pierrepont6.3 miles15
Danes Corners6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976139. 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.