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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.

Clarksboro 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 Clarksboro, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Clarksboro, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

16 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
30 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 July 1994Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 July 1997Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 May 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
13 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
25 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
RussellMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceContact Metamorphic
Clifton DepositIronPast Producer1840, 1865
Clifton MineIronPast Producer1845, 1942, 1952
Parish DepositIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Parish DepositIronOccurrence
Sweet Pond OccurrenceIronOccurrenceReplacement
Vanornum DepositIronOccurrence

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
Degrasse2.8 miles16
Newbridge4.3 miles15
Clare5.0 miles15
South Russell5.9 miles15
Palmerville7.9 miles15
Fine8.4 miles18
Derbys Corners8.4 miles15
Newton Falls8.8 miles21

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.