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Eddy, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Canton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13617. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle.

Eddy within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eddy, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Eddy, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

64 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Eddy between 2003 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined48
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Eddy: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, Sulfur, 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
North Russell DepositMolybdenum, TitaniumOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
E. E Stevens QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Lowden MineIronPast Producer
Nickerson QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Pyrites MineSulfurPast Producer
Pyrites ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1905, 1908
Stella MineSulfurPast Producer
Stella MinesSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1883, 1921
Stella MinesIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eddy in 2 storm reports in 2012: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012Thunderstorm WindEddy$2,000Tree and several large branches down along Old DeKalb road.
August 2012HailEddy-Nickel size hail reported.

Every storm 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 Junction3.1 miles14
Pyrites3.2 miles15
Stellaville4.1 miles15
Hermon5.0 miles15
East De Kalb5.2 miles14
Canton5.2 miles15
Coopers Falls5.6 miles14
Rensselaer Falls5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976280. 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.