Keese Mill, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Brighton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12945. It lies near Jenkins Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Saint Regis Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1999The 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.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
On record in Keese Mill
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Camp Topridgelisted 1986 · 0.8 miles away- St. Regis Presbyterian Churchlisted 2020 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1905 USGS Saint Regis quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Saint Regis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Saint Regis Mtn quadrangle1:25000
- 1979 USGS Saint Regis Mtn. quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Saint Regis Mtn. quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Keese Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Keese Mill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Smiths | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Upper Saint Regis | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Paul Smiths Easy Street | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| McColloms | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lake Clear | 5.6 miles | 27 | |
| Saranac Inn | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Bay Pond | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Gabriels | 6.1 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972679. 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.









