Coffins Mills, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fine town. It lies in ZIP code area 13670. The Survey maps it on the Oswegatchie quadrangle.
Then and now
1916 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1916 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Oswegatchie 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
- 1966 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Coffins Mills between 1995 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | PANTHER MTN |
| 1 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 31 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 June 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Coffins Mills: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson Mine and Mill | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1978 | |
| Benson Mines | Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | 1810, 1887 | |
| L.V.Hurlburt Deposit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Cracker Box Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vader Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Anderson Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Benson Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1810, 1889, 1978 | |
| Green Farm Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1885, 1888 | |
| Green Farm Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Griffin Park 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswegatchie | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lower Oswegatchie | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Aldrich | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Briggs | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Star Lake | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Benson Mines | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Jayville | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Newton Falls | 5.7 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569824 | 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 976157. 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.







