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Halseys Corners, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plattsburgh City. It lies in ZIP code area 12901. It stands on Saranac River. The Survey maps it on the Plattsburgh quadrangle.

Halseys Corners within Clinton County

Then and now

1894 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Halseys Corners, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Halseys Corners, surveyed 1894

On record in Halseys Corners

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 within a mile 12 of 14 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Clinton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Halseys Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 58 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/undetermined198
Arson/incendiarism58
Debris and open burning22
Smoking14
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Halseys Corners: 18 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Clinton Co High, Dept. QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
PlattsburgChromium, Osmium, Copper, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, PlatinumOccurrence1880
Barcomb DevelopmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Darrah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rugar Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bluff Point QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #1Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #2Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plattsburgh Quarry #3Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Plattsburgh1.0 miles29
Parc2.9 miles29
East Beekmantown3.1 miles28
Rocky Point3.2 miles29
Clinton Park (historical)3.4 miles29
Cumberland Head3.6 miles29
Cliff Haven3.7 miles29
Pleasant Ridge Corners4.0 miles29

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 Q122594041The 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 952079. 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.