Irishtown, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Minerva town. It lies in ZIP code area 12857. It stands on Falls Brook. The Survey maps it on the Minerva quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1897 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 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 Schroon Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
29 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Irishtown between 2003 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | MINERVA |
| 15 June 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ALLIGATOR ISLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Irishtown: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Garnet, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Graphite Co. Property | Graphite, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1899, 1901 | |
| Minerva Mine | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1877, 1881 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Garnet, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1925, 1975 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Quartz, Mica | Occurrence | Granite, Mica, Quartz | |
| Brannon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Loch Muller Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | 1925 | |
| Perkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Garnet | Past Producer | 1897, 1918 | |
| International Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olmstedville | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Minerva | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Pudding Hollow | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Loch Muller | 5.4 miles | 27 | |
| Aiden Lair | 6.0 miles | 26 | |
| Stillwater | 7.1 miles | 26 | |
| South Schroon | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Schroon Lake | 9.9 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972654. 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.









