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Irish Settlement, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Colton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13687. The Survey maps it on the Stark quadrangle.

Irish Settlement within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1921 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Irish Settlement, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Irish Settlement, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

38 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Irish Settlement between 2003 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined19
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Irish Settlement: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brunner Hill OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Brunner Hill ProspectIronOccurrence1945
White Farm OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945
Huggard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huggard Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
South Colton2.1 miles18
Gleasons Mill4.3 miles15
Stark5.3 miles15
Wildwood5.7 miles18
Colton6.0 miles18
High Flats7.7 miles18
Willisville8.4 miles18
Pierrepont8.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976475. 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.