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Felts Mills, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rutland town. It lies in ZIP code area 13638. It stands on Felts Mills Creek. The Survey maps it on the Black River quadrangle.

Felts Mills within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Felts Mills, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Felts Mills, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

130 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Felts Mills between 2000 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined83
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Felts Mills: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Black River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Church PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Felts Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freeman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Soper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Town of Pamelia PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Pamelia PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

2 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Felts Mills in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFelts Mills$1,000Utility pole snapped with wires downed on Old State Route 3.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFelts Mills$1,000A couple of trees downed across Glass Road.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Black River1.8 miles21
La Raysville (historical)2.4 miles21
Great Bend2.5 miles18
Sanfords Four Corners3.9 miles21
Deferiet4.3 miles18
Calcium4.4 miles21
Evans Mills5.1 miles21
Rutland Center5.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949970. 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.