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Douglas Crossing, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Theresa town. It lies in ZIP code area 13691. The Survey maps it on the Theresa quadrangle.

Douglas Crossing within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Douglas Crossing, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Douglas Crossing, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

145 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Douglas Crossing between 1997 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Douglas Crossing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Shirtliff MineIronPast Producer1838

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Rivergate1.9 miles19
Stroughs Crossing2.5 miles19
Theresa2.6 miles19
Orleans Four Corners4.3 miles19
Dutch Settlement4.5 miles21
Philadelphia6.1 miles19
Plessis6.4 miles19
Halls Corner6.5 miles19

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 Q122541270The 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 972391. 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.