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Emeryville, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fowler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13642. It stands on Turnpike Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle.

Emeryville 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 Emeryville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Emeryville, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

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

59 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Emeryville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2020Natural3.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWOLF LAKE LEAN-TO
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 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 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Emeryville: 25 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Zinc, Sulfur, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Balmat - Edwards DistrictZinc, Mercury, Silver, LeadProducer1838, 1915, 2008
Balmat No. 2, 3, and 4 minesZinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, SilverPast Producer1838, 1930, 2008
Hyatt MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1917, 1918
Kilburn ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, ZincOccurrence
Rylestone QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1904
Webb Zinc DepositLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceStratabound
Kilburn MineSulfurOccurrence
Pleasant Valley School MineSulfurPast Producer
Parker DepositZincOccurrenceStratabound
Woodcock OccurrenceZincOccurrenceStratabound

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
Fowler1.5 miles15
Fullerville2.3 miles14
Talcville3.4 miles14
Balmat3.5 miles18
Hailesboro4.3 miles15
West Fowler4.8 miles15
Gouverneur5.8 miles15
Edwards6.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976298. 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.