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Harkness, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Au Sable town. It lies in ZIP code area 12972. It stands on Furnace Brook. The Survey maps it on the Peru quadrangle.

Harkness within Clinton County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harkness, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Harkness, surveyed 1913

On record in Harkness

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Harkness between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined74
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism16
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2013Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 August 2012Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Harkness: 28 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Empire State Granite Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerUnknown
George W. Smith Ore Bed DepositIron, GranitePast Producer
Grasshopper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Martin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trombley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zoli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Zoli PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arnold Hill GroupIronPast Producer
Arnold Hill MinesIronPast Producer1806, 1835, 1905
Bashaw DepositIronProspect

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harkness in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHarkness$1,000Tree and numerous branches downed by thunderstorm winds along Reservoir road in West Peru.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHarkness-Tree and numerous branches downed by thunderstorm winds along Hallock Hill Road in Harkness.
June 2016HailHarkness-Larger than quarter size hail fell.

Every storm 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
Clintonville4.1 miles24
Thomasville4.1 miles24
Peru4.4 miles19
Rogers4.9 miles24
Ausable Chasm5.5 miles29
Laphams Mills6.1 miles19
Schuyler Falls7.3 miles19
Peasleeville7.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972599. 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.