Crowningshield, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Lewis town. It lies in ZIP code area 12950. It lies near The Plains. The Survey maps it on the Lewis quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1999The 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.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1895 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewbeach quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lewis quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
54 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Crowningshield between 1993 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CHURCH MTN FIRE 2 |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | 26 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CHURCH MTN FIRE 1 |
| 6 July 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 July 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Crowningshield: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Wollastonite, Garnet, Wollastonite, Emery. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Hill Quarry | Wollastonite, Garnet | Past Producer | 1810, 1939, 1982 | |
| Fox Knoll | Garnet, Wollastonite | Producer | Grossularite, Wollastonite | |
| Willsboro Mine | Emery | Past Producer | Emery | |
| Cabot Minerals Div. Deposit | Wollastonite | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis Operration | Wollastonite | Producer | ||
| Willsboro Mine & Mill | Wollastonite | Producer | ||
| Dickinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reber | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Stowersville | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Deerhead | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Lewis | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Boquet | 6.0 miles | 27 | |
| Wadhams | 6.9 miles | 31 | |
| Willsboro | 6.9 miles | 27 | |
| Whallonsburg | 7.0 miles | 27 |
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 Q122570717 | 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 947856. 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.








