BlockJerden Falls, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Croghan town. It lies in ZIP code area 13327. It stands on Compo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Remington Corners quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1913 USGS Lake Bonaparte quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Lake Bonaparte quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Remington Corners quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Jerden Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 1996 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian River | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Kimball Mill | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Belfort | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| High Falls | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Soft Maple | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Forest City | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Diana Center | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Remington Corners | 7.9 miles | 17 |
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 Q122554982 | 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 972662. 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.