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Grantville, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Norfolk town. It lies in ZIP code area 13662. The Survey maps it on the Norfolk quadrangle.

Grantville within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grantville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Grantville, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

161 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Grantville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined82
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning12
Natural12
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grantville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Michaud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantville in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 flash flood. 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 2024Flash FloodGrantville$500,000Tribal Emergency Mgmt. reported flash flooding in and around Hogansburg, NY due to excessive rainfall. Numerous other locations of flash flooding were observed in the towns of Bombay, Helena and Ft. Covington. Locations included, but were not limited to NY State Route 37 and Beaver Meadow Rd.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGrantville$5,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindGrantville$2,000Utility pole knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Funnel CloudGrantville-Funnel cloud caught on videotape and reviewed by NWS Burlington office...no evidence of touchdown.

Every storm 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
Plumbrook1.8 miles17
Raymondville3.4 miles17
Brookdale3.9 miles17
Massena Springs4.2 miles19
Massena5.0 miles19
Norfolk5.5 miles17
Louisville5.7 miles14
North Stockholm6.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976358. 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.