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Graphite, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hague town. It lies in ZIP code area 12836. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Graphite quadrangle.

Graphite within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Graphite, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Graphite, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Graphite between 1993 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 8 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
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersJABE POND ISLAND FIRE
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
12 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersASAS ISLAND FIRE
1 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCEDAR ISLAND
26 August 2015Natural1.5 acresNew York Forest RangersARCADY BAY
18 August 2002Natural4.0 acresNew York Forest RangersBEECH MTN FIRE
18 August 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBARTON MTN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Graphite: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Quartz, Feldspar, Mica, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar. 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
American MineGraphite, Mica, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1887, 1921
Faxon PropertyGraphite, Quartz, FeldsparPast Producer1892, 1921
Lakeside MineGraphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1925
Dixon's American Graphite Co. MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1888
Faxon PropertyGraphite, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrenceGraphite, Pyrite
Dixon American Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer
Lakeside MineGraphitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Lakeside MineGraphitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Hague3.4 miles31
Indian Kettles4.2 miles37
Silver Bay4.8 miles30
Sabbath Day Point6.3 miles30
Adirondack10.4 miles27
Brant Lake11.2 miles29
North Bolton11.4 miles30
South Horicon12.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951532. 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.