Gouverneur, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gouverneur town. It lies in ZIP code area 13642. It lies near Reservoir Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gouverneur quadrangle. 3,526 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1985The 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.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
On record in Gouverneur
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
First Presbyterian Church Complexlisted 2015
US Post Office-Gouverneurlisted 1989
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1937 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
171 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Gouverneur between 1994 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 30 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 | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | 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 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Gouverneur: 22 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite | Past Producer | 1883, 1885, 1921 | |
| Gouverneur Garnet Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Gouverneur Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gouverneur Talc Deposit | Talc-Soapstone, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| John J. Sullivan Property Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Kilburn Mine | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Kilburn Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Pike Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Gouverneur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rylestone Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gouverneur in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $125,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Gouverneur | $25,000 | A low pressure system moved across southern Quebec during Wednesday, June 9th. The associated trailing cold front tracked slowly across northern New York during the morning and afternoon hours. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms with damaging winds and weak tornadoes. A weak F0 tornado touched down just southeast of Gouverneur with large trees damaged and some roof damage. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $20,000 | Several trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds on the north and east sides of Gouverneur. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $10,000 | Trees and large branches down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $10,000 | Trees reported downed by thunderstorm winds in Gouverneur. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $5,000 | A few trees reported downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $2,000 | Power lines and one tree downed by thunderstorm winds on Grove street...approximately 250 customers without power. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | $500 | A cold front moved southeast from Canada into northern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours of August 4th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of St. Lawrence County. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Morristown with scattered reports of trees and powerlines down elsewhere in the county. Nickel-size hail was reported along the west shore of Tupper Lake. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Gouverneur | - | Dime size hail estimated by police dispatcher. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gouverneur | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hailesboro | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Natural Dam | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Little Bow | 2.8 miles | 19 | |
| Elmdale | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| West Fowler | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pikes Corner | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Fowler | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Emeryville | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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 Gouverneur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3461815 | The 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 976353. 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.








