Jerusalem, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Altona town. It lies in ZIP code area 12935. It stands on King Brook. The Survey maps it on the Jericho quadrangle.

Jerusalem within Clinton County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jerusalem, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Jerusalem, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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.

1895 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500
1899 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1942 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Mooers quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1966 USGS Jericho quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

27 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Jerusalem between 1998 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Debris and open burning	5
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
27 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
26 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 August 2016	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
27 July 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
27 July 2001	Smoking	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
4 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
23 June 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	JERUSALEM ROAD FIRE
23 June 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jerusalem: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Ellis Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Ellis Ore Bed	Iron	Past Producer
La Mar Pits	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Alder Bend	3.1 miles	24
Purdys Mill	4.0 miles	24
Jericho	4.5 miles	24
Dannemora	6.1 miles	19
Dannemora Crossing	6.5 miles	19
Forest	6.5 miles	19
Robinson	7.0 miles	24
Irona	7.0 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954011. 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.