Howes Landing, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ticonderoga town. It lies in ZIP code area 12883. It lies near Prison Island. The Survey maps it on the Ticonderoga quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Howes Landing
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.
- Crandall Marine Railwaylisted 2011 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 37 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Howes Landing between 1993 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 12 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 | 37 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ROGERS ROCK FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ASAS ISLAND FIRE |
| 11 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CEDAR ISLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Howes Landing: 11 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Feldspar, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett Manufacturing Co. Quarry | Feldspar, Garnet, Graphite, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Lead Hill Deposit | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1842, 1855 | |
| Mount Defiance Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1888, 1905 | |
| Unnamed | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | 1825, 1845 | |
| Barrett Deposit | Feldspar | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Lead Hill Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Lead Hills Mines | Graphite | Past Producer | 1862, 1920 | |
| Donovan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| La Vallee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| La Vallee Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | 0.7 miles | 37 | |
| Ticonderoga | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Street Road | 4.5 miles | 32 | |
| Chilson | 6.5 miles | 27 | |
| Crown Point Center | 8.9 miles | 32 | |
| Ironville | 9.1 miles | 27 | |
| Crown Point | 9.3 miles | 32 | |
| Factoryville | 9.4 miles | 32 |
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 Q122550039 | The 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 972632. 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.










