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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.

East De Kalb within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of East De Kalb, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of East De Kalb, surveyed 1915

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

83 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning1

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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
De Kalb DepositFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer1907, 1908, 1938
Stella MinesSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1883, 1921
De Kalb Junction MineFeldsparPast Producer
Farr ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronOccurrence1904
Mitchell ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronOccurrence1904
Lowden MineIronPast Producer
Ore Bed Deposit No. 1Sulfur-PyriteProspect
Ore Bed Deposit No.2Iron, SulfurPast Producer
Ore Bed School MineSulfur, IronPast Producer
Ore Bed School ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
De Kalb Junction2.1 miles14
De Kalb2.5 miles14
Stellaville3.1 miles15
Coopers Falls3.2 miles14
Kents Corners3.4 miles14
Hermon3.9 miles15
Marshville4.2 miles15
Eddy5.2 miles15

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 Q122540479The 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.