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Conifer, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Piercefield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12986. The Survey maps it on the Piercefield quadrangle.

Conifer within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1907 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Conifer, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Conifer, surveyed 1907

Compare 1907 against another survey:

On record in Conifer

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Conifer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersARAB FIRE
13 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersMT ARAB RD
10 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBERNIE
9 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Conifer: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bliss-Murphy ClaimIronProspect
Burntbridge Pond OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Gales PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Susharskis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Piercefield2.5 miles22
Mount Arab3.0 miles22
Childwold Park3.5 miles15
Gale3.6 miles15
Childwold5.5 miles15
Horseshoe5.7 miles22
Shurtleff7.5 miles15
Sevey7.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976176. 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.