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Kildare, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tupper Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12986. It stands on Black Brook. The Survey maps it on the Mount Matumbla quadrangle.

Kildare within Franklin County

Then and now

1920 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kildare, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Kildare, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Kildare between 2007 and 2013, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2

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
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPOTTER BROOK CLUB FIRE
1 May 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kildare: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Susharskis PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ton-Da-Lay PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Derrick3.9 miles23
Floodwood6.6 miles23
Moody7.2 miles26
Tupper Lake7.9 miles26
Bay Pond9.6 miles24
Saranac Inn11.3 miles23
Wawbeek11.4 miles23
Coreys13.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972687. 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.