Clemons, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Dresden town. It lies in ZIP code area 12819. It stands on Pine Lake Brook. The Survey maps it on the Putnam quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Clemons
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 2 records
- Dresden District School No. 2listed 2019
- L.C. Simonds Adirondack Cabinlisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Putnam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Clemons between 1993 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 ceremony | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Vermont Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LAPLAND POND |
| 30 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CRUSHER HILL FIRE |
| 8 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BLACK MOUNTAIN #2 |
| 7 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 30 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Clemons: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Leaf Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Eastern Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| General Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Al Jean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clemons in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Clemons | $1,000 | Flooded roadway was reported near State Route 22 and Blue Goose Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | A tree was reported down across Pike Brook Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | A tree was downed at Blue Goose Road and Route 22. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | Power lines were reported down due to thunderstorms winds at the corner of State Route 22 and Lake Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | Multiple trees were reported down in Clemons due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dresden Center | 0.2 miles | 31 | |
| Chubbs Dock | 0.6 miles | 31 | |
| Dresden | 3.1 miles | 31 | |
| Huletts Landing | 3.3 miles | 30 | |
| Whitehall | 6.0 miles | 30 | |
| Putnam Station | 7.7 miles | 31 | |
| Grays Corner | 8.0 miles | 30 | |
| Putnam | 8.0 miles | 31 |
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 Clemons | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740150 | The 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 946842. 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.











