Fort Covington, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Fort Covington town. It lies in ZIP code area 12937. It stands on Little Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Fort Covington quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fort Covington
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 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Malone quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1917 USGS Malone quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ft. Covington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS East of Fort Covington Port of Entry quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Fort Covington quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Fort Covington between 2000 and 2017, burning about 47 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fort Covington: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Covington Highway Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Covington Center | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Westville | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bombay | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Westville Center | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| South Bombay | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Regis | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hogansburg | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Trout River | 9.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950464. 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.










