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Factoryville, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crown Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 12928. It lies near Sugar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Crown Point quadrangle.

Factoryville within Essex County

Then and now

1894 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Factoryville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Factoryville, surveyed 1894

On record in Factoryville

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

11 surveys from 32 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Factoryville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersMILLER MOUNTAIN
6 July 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 July 2003Natural20 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Factoryville: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Feldspar, 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
Crown Point QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crown Point Spar MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer1925, 1930
Rose Rock QuarryFeldspar, Mica, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerFeldspar, Mica, Pyrite
Betsy Cooke ProspectGraphite, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrence1925
Crown Point Spar Company QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rose Rock QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Towne ProspectGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1902, 1903
Butler MineIronProspect
Dibble Hollow Iron MineIronProspect
Essex Mining Co. MineIronPast Producer1848, 1880

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Crown Point0.3 miles32
Crown Point Center1.6 miles32
Burdick Crossing2.5 miles32
Cold Spring Park3.7 miles32
Street Road4.9 miles32
Ironville5.4 miles27
Port Henry6.7 miles28
Chilson6.9 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949797. 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.