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Gabriels, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Brighton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12939. It lies near Jones Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gabriels quadrangle. It stands 1,699 feet above sea level.

Gabriels within Franklin County

Then and now

1902 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gabriels, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Gabriels, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

34 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Gabriels between 1999 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarism9.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCOOLER POND #2
25 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCOOLER POND FIRE #1
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersLOWER ST. REGIS FIRE
17 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkLOWER ST. REGIS FIRE
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersROUTE 30

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gabriels: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Saranac Juction QuarryGranitePast Producer
Tucker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gabriels in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 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
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGabriels$5,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Rainbow Lake2.5 miles25
Paul Smiths Easy Street2.6 miles25
Harrietstown2.7 miles25
Paul Smiths3.8 miles24
Lake Clear5.2 miles27
Upper Saint Regis5.3 miles24
Onchiota5.3 miles25
McMasters Crossing5.7 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GabrielsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5516113The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970152. 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.