Fort Jackson, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Hopkinton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12965. It stands on Big Hollow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Nicholville quadrangle.

Fort Jackson within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1919 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fort Jackson, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Fort Jackson, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1919 USGS Nicholville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1921 USGS Nicholville quadrangle1:62500, 4 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 Nicholville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Fort Jackson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 86 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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	47
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	11
Natural	3
Smoking	2

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
10 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	LAWRENCE
9 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 August 2016	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 August 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
28 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 August 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	EAST PARK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Jackson: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
	Mott Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Town of Hopkinton	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hopkinton	1.2 miles	15
Kellogg	2.1 miles	15
Nicholville	3.0 miles	15
Wagstaff Corner	3.9 miles	15
Beechertown	3.9 miles	19
McEwens Corner	4.4 miles	15
Buckton	4.4 miles	19
Laverys Corner	5.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976324. 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.