Clarksboro, New York
16 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 stands on Allen Brook. The Survey maps it on the Degrasse quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The 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.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Russell quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Russell quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Degrasse quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Clarksboro between 1993 and 2017, burning about 41 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 July 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clarksboro: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Clifton Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1840, 1865 | |
| Clifton Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1845, 1942, 1952 | |
| Parish Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Parish Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Sweet Pond Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Vanornum Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degrasse | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Newbridge | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Clare | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| South Russell | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Palmerville | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fine | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Derbys Corners | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Newton Falls | 8.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976145. 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.







