Jayville, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pitcairn town. It lies in ZIP code area 13670. The Survey maps it on the Fine quadrangle. It stands 1,119 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1916 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Oswegatchie quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Fine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Jayville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | PANTHER MTN |
| 26 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PITCAIRN FIRE |
| 12 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 May 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 May 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.2 acres | New York Forest Rangers | JAYVILLE RD FIRE |
| 19 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 May 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 April 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.7 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jayville: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Complex | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| East Pitcairn Fluorite Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium | Occurrence | ||
| Jayville Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Jayville Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1854 | |
| Shirtliff Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1838, 1888 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalurah | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Briggs | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Aldrich | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| East Pitcairn | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Backus | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Pitcairn | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Coffins Mills | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oswegatchie | 6.5 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Jayville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14706636 | 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 976488. 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.







