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Grandview Park, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Orleans town. It lies in ZIP code area 13640. It lies near Lees Island. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Island Park quadrangle.

Grandview Park within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The 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 sheet of Grandview Park, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Grandview Park, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

29 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Grandview Park between 2002 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined18
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism4

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
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2008Natural3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grandview Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Acton Island QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Grenell2.6 miles14
Thousand Island Park2.7 miles14
Fineview3.2 miles14
Moore Landing3.7 miles18
Fishers Landing3.9 miles14
Lower Town Landing3.9 miles14
Collins Landing4.2 miles18
Frontenac4.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951491. 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.