East De Kalb, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in De Kalb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13630. The Survey maps it on the Bigelow quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
On record in East De Kalb
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.
- Methodist Episcopal Church of East DeKalblisted 1998 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1915 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1937 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bigelow quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of East De Kalb between 2003 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of East De Kalb: 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Kalb Deposit | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1907, 1908, 1938 | |
| Stella Mines | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron | Past Producer | 1883, 1921 | |
| De Kalb Junction Mine | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Farr Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron | Occurrence | 1904 | |
| Mitchell Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron | Occurrence | 1904 | |
| Lowden Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ore Bed Deposit No. 1 | Sulfur-Pyrite | Prospect | ||
| Ore Bed Deposit No.2 | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Ore Bed School Mine | Sulfur, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ore Bed School Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Kalb Junction | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| De Kalb | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Stellaville | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Coopers Falls | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kents Corners | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hermon | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Marshville | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Eddy | 5.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122540479 | 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 976270. 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.







