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Geers Corners, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pitcairn town. It lies in ZIP code area 13648. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harrisville quadrangle.

Geers Corners within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1913 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Geers Corners, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Geers Corners, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Geers Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Other causes4
Natural3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 August 2019Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPITCAIRN FIRE
22 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2015Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkHARRISVILLE
14 August 2017Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2003Missing 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Geers Corners: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Wollastonite, Iron, Marble, Dimension. 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
Diana ComplexIron, Titanium, MetalOccurrence
Erwin Ackerman Property DepositMicaProspect
George G. Goodelle Property DepositIronProspect
Harrisville QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Shirtliff MineIronPast Producer1838, 1888
Unnamed QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Gouveneur #4 Mine & #3 MillWollastonitePlant
Harrisville DepositWollastoniteOccurrence
Kiggins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Patchin Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pitcairn3.0 miles17
Backus3.1 miles17
Balmat5.5 miles18
Fullerville6.0 miles14
East Pitcairn6.6 miles18
Kalurah6.9 miles18
Fowler7.2 miles15
Emeryville8.0 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122547938The 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 976343. 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.