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Fowler, New York

15 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 lies near Poplar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gouverneur quadrangle.

Fowler 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 Fowler, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fowler, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 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.

Fires near this place

56 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Fowler between 1998 and 2020, burning about 121 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 2020Natural3.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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
11 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
14 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Fowler: 22 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
Gouverneur Talc DepositTalc-Soapstone, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Hyatt MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1917, 1918
Kilburn ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, ZincOccurrence
Rylestone QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1904
Kilburn MineSulfurOccurrence
Pleasant Valley School MineSulfurPast Producer
Parker DepositZincOccurrenceStratabound
Woodcock OccurrenceZincOccurrenceStratabound

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

3 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fowler in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 1997Thunderstorm WindFowler$5,000Large trees blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Fowler$1,000In addition to the observed wind gusts, there were several branches broken from trees and yard debris thrown around.
June 2003HailFowler-no account filed

Every storm 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
Emeryville1.5 miles14
Balmat2.1 miles18
Fullerville2.5 miles14
West Fowler3.5 miles15
Hailesboro3.8 miles15
Talcville4.8 miles14
Gouverneur5.7 miles15
Pikes Corner7.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976326. 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.