Hewittville, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Potsdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. The Survey maps it on the West Potsdam quadrangle.

Hewittville within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hewittville, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Hewittville, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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.

1910 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500
1911 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1944 USGS Canton quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS West Potsdam quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

149 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Hewittville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined	91
Arson/incendiarism	28
Natural	11
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Debris and open burning	7
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
29 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not 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 Hewittville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Unionville	0.9 miles	19
Sisson	1.3 miles	19
Potsdam	2.9 miles	19
Norwood	3.4 miles	17
West Potsdam	4.4 miles	14
Yaleville	4.4 miles	17
Slab City	4.9 miles	14
West Stockholm	5.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976432. 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.