Frontenac, New York
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13624. It lies near Round Island. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Island Park quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1903 USGS Grindstone quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Thousand Island Park quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Kingston quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Thousand Island Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cape Vincent quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Frontenac between 2002 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Frontenac: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Island Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Clayton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clayton Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Three Mile Bay Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Bach Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Carlisle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clayton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Fargville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frontenac in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Hail | Frontenac | $10,000 | Hail slightly smaller than a golf call reported by the public with cars dented in the area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grenell | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Clayton | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lower Town Landing | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Thousand Island Park | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fishers Landing | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fineview | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Town Landing | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Omar | 4.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950756. 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.




