Duane Center, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Duane town. It lies in ZIP code area 12953. It stands on Crandall Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake Titus quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Duane Center
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.
Duane Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1991 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lake Titus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Duane Center between 1997 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CALIFORNIA RD |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SILVERSTEIN |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | 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 Duane Center: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Hill Mine | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Trimm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Brewer Hill Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Briggs Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Briggs Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Duane Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1828, 1849 | |
| Furnace Mountain Anomaly | Iron | Past Producer | 1835, 1845 | |
| Ore Bed Mountain Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement |
Storms near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duane Center in 12 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Duane Center | $75,000 | Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt flooded several local roads in Duane. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $20,000 | Numerous trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds in Duane. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $10,000 | Large tree snapped in half with several other trees down. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $10,000 | Several trees downed by thunderstorms winds. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $5,000 | Convective winds downed several trees and power lines. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $5,000 | Large tree down across power lines along Route 30 near Duane Center along with several large tree limbs in the vicinity. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $5,000 | Trees and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $2,000 | Tree and wires down along Route 26. |
| November 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duane Center | $2,000 | Trees down. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Duane Center | - | Quarter size hail reported by state police in Duane Center. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Duane Center | - | Quarter size hail reported by trained spotter in Duane Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porcaville | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Trombley Landing | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Chasm Falls | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Owls Head | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mountain View | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bryants Mill | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Skerry | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Teboville | 10.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q122551499 | 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 948712. 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.








