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Ironville, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Crown Point town. It lies in ZIP code area 12928. It lies near Hogan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Lake quadrangle.

Ironville within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ironville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Ironville, surveyed 1895

On record in Ironville

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Ironville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersFORREST FIRE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2002Natural23 acresNew York Forest RangersBIG PIGEON HILL FIRE
6 July 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 July 2003Natural20 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Ironville: 22 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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
Crown Point Spar MineFeldspar, MicaPast Producer1925, 1930
Moose Mountain DepositTitanium, Metal, Iron, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerIron, Pyrite
Street Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
The Bly Property MineGraphite, Feldspar, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, MicaOccurrence1925, 1975
Hammondville MinesIron, QuartzPast Producer1824, 1893
Roe MineFeldspar, Mica, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1906, 1925
Rose Rock QuarryFeldspar, Mica, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerFeldspar, Mica, Pyrite
Skiff MineIron, QuartzPast Producer1862, 1880
Crown Point Spar Company QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rose Rock QuarryFeldspar, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ironville in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017Thunderstorm WindIronville$2,000A few isolated trees downed by thunderstorm winds.

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
Chilson3.1 miles27
Crown Point Center3.8 miles32
Factoryville5.4 miles32
Street Road5.4 miles32
Crown Point5.6 miles32
Cold Spring Park6.1 miles32
Paradox6.2 miles28
Burdick Crossing7.3 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953785. 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.