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Craterclub, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Essex town. It lies in ZIP code area 12936. The Survey maps it on the Charlotte quadrangle.

Craterclub within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Craterclub, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Craterclub, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

50 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Craterclub between 2002 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined32
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
6 August 2015Natural1.5 acresNew York Forest RangersSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Craterclub: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, Titanium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium. 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
Split Rock Graphite ProspectGraphite, LeadProspect
Split Rock MineTitanium, Metal, Iron, VanadiumOccurrence
Split Rock MineIron, Titanium, VanadiumPast Producer
Splitrock Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1890
L E Dempster Farm ProspectTitanium, IronProspect
Snake Den Harbor DepositTitanium, IronOccurrence
Essex Lower QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Essex Upper QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Gardiner's QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1895, 1925
Ross QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1895

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Essex1.6 miles27
Boquet3.0 miles27
Whallonsburg3.2 miles27
Willsboro5.3 miles27
Wadhams7.1 miles31
Reber7.3 miles27
Westport8.4 miles31
Willsboro Point8.5 miles27

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 Q122550360The 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 947712. 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.