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Gleasons Mill, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clare town. It lies in ZIP code area 13684. It lies near Painter Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Albert Marsh quadrangle.

Gleasons Mill within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1921 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gleasons Mill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Gleasons Mill, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 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

42 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Gleasons Mill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 29 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Gleasons Mill: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
West Pierrepont Tourmaline DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Clafin School OccurrenceIronOccurrence1885, 1895
Huggard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huggard Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
White Farm OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
White Place AnomalyIronOccurrence1945

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
Irish Settlement4.3 miles15
South Colton4.7 miles18
West Pierrepont6.3 miles15
Colton6.4 miles18
Pierrepont6.6 miles16
Clare7.3 miles15
Wildwood7.5 miles18
Stark8.9 miles15

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 Q122594561The 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 976348. 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.