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Derrick, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Tupper Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12986. The Survey maps it on the Derrick quadrangle.

Derrick within Franklin County

Then and now

1905 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Derrick, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Derrick, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Derrick between 2007 and 2018, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersFLOODWOOD
16 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersEAST PINE POND
12 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersFLOODWOOD POND FIRE
8 May 2013Arson/incendiarism5.1 acresNew York Forest RangersKINGSLEY ROAD FIRE
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPOTTER BROOK CLUB FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Derrick: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Ton-Da-Lay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Derrick in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Heavy RainDerrick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Kildare3.9 miles16
Floodwood4.5 miles23
Bay Pond5.7 miles24
Saranac Inn8.7 miles23
Moody9.6 miles26
Tupper Lake9.9 miles26
Keese Mill10.7 miles24
Wawbeek10.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972379. 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.