East Beekmantown, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 2000. It stands in Beekmantown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12901. It stands on Rea Brook. The Survey maps it on the Beekmantown quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 2000The same ground, surveyed 105 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
12 surveys from 28 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 Rouse Point quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1907 USGS Rouse Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Rouses Point quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Rouses Point quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Rouses Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Rouses Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Beekmantown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Rouses Point quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of East Beekmantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 38 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 | 164 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of East Beekmantown: 12 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Co High, Dept. Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Plattsburg | Chromium, Osmium, Copper, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, Platinum | Occurrence | 1880 | |
| Plattsburgh Quarry #3 | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plattsburgh Quarry #4 | Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Chauvin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Darrah Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rugar Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pallette Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plattsburgh Quarries Inc | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1956, 1964 | |
| Plattsburgh Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Beekmantown in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Beekmantown | $20,000 | Trees and branches down on power lines. |
| August 2010 | Hail | East Beekmantown | - | Quarter size hail on Colby road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beekmantown | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Halseys Corners | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Rocky Point | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Plattsburgh | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Cumberland Head | 4.4 miles | 29 | |
| Ingraham | 4.4 miles | 28 | |
| West Beekmantown | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Point Au Roche | 4.7 miles | 28 |
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 Q122544571 | 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 948981. 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.











