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Elsinore, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saranac town. It lies in ZIP code area 12918. It stands on Canfield Brook. The Survey maps it on the Dannemora quadrangle.

Elsinore within Clinton County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Elsinore, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Elsinore, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Elsinore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural13
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Elsinore: 8 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Adcock No. 1 & 2 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Adcott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
AverillIronPast Producer
Averill MineIronPast Producer1842, 1885
Ellis MineIronPast Producer
Ellis Ore BedIronPast Producer
La Mar PitsIronPast Producer
Lo Mar MineIronPast Producer
Morrisonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrisonville Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Cadyville1.9 miles19
Woods Mills2.8 miles19
Dannemora3.6 miles19
Saranac5.0 miles19
West Plattsburgh5.4 miles19
Morrisonville5.6 miles19
Moffitsville6.1 miles18
Russia6.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949610. 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.