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Keenes, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rossie town. It lies in ZIP code area 13642. The Survey maps it on the Natural Dam quadrangle.

Keenes within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1912 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Keenes, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Keenes, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

126 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Keenes between 2002 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined91
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
2 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2012Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersCHISUM ROAD FIRE
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Keenes: 22 past producers, 13 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur. 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
Gold Hill ProspectIron, Pig Iron, Sulfur-PyriteOccurrencePyrite
Gouverneur Talc DepositTalc-Soapstone, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Rylestone QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gold Hill ProspectSulfurOccurrence
Morgan ProspectIron, SulfurPast Producer
Oxbow Southwest ProspectSulfurOccurrence
The Empire QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
The Northern QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Whitney Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Wight ProspectSulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Spragueville0.4 miles19
Somerville1.6 miles19
Pikes Corner1.6 miles19
Wegatchie3.7 miles19
West Fowler4.8 miles15
Natural Dam5.5 miles19
Hailesboro6.0 miles15
Little Bow6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976511. 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.