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Haselton, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wilmington town. It lies in ZIP code area 12997. It stands on New Bridge Brook. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington quadrangle.

Haselton within Essex County

Then and now

1896 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Haselton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Haselton, surveyed 1896

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 27 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Haselton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined65
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural16
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersFAIRVIEW TERRACE
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Haselton: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Graphite. 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
Ausable Forks QuarryGranitePast ProducerGranite
Passaic Crushed Stone QuarryGraniteProducer
Wilmington ProspectGraphiteOccurrenceSurface
Wilmington ProspectGraphiteProspect
Black Brook MinesIronPast Producer
Black Brook PropectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Crowley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Demacy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilmington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haselton in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 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 2011Flash FloodHaselton$35,000,000Tropical Storm Irene deposited 3 to 7+ inches of rainfall to Essex county during the morning and afternoon hours. The greatest rainfall amounts and impact were across central and northern Essex county along the eastern slopes of the Adirondacks. Severe flash flooding occurred within the Keene and AuSable River valleys with numerous roads (local and State including Route 3, 9N, 73, 28N), bridges, homes and businesses washed out in towns like Lake Placid, Jay, Keene, AuSable, Wilmington. Local EMs have determined this is the greatest natural disaster in the county.
May 2011Flash FloodHaselton$500,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flash flooding, and washed out roads and flooded basements in Wilmington and Jay.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Wilmington3.0 miles27
Jay3.3 miles24
North Pole4.3 miles27
Rome4.7 miles24
North Jay5.1 miles24
Upper Jay5.2 miles28
Au Sable Forks5.4 miles24
Green Street7.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972604. 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.