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Lake Bonaparte, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Diana town. It lies in ZIP code area 13648. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Bonaparte quadrangle.

Lake Bonaparte within Lewis County

Then and now

1913 to 1985

The 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 sheet of Lake Bonaparte, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lake Bonaparte, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Lake Bonaparte between 1993 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined19
Other causes3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2015Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkHARRISVILLE
15 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2017Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use23 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
1 August 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lake Bonaparte: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Wollastonite, Marble, Dimension, Mica. 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
Erwin Ackerman Property DepositMicaProspect
George G. Goodelle Property DepositIronProspect
Harrisville QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMarble
Gouveneur #4 Mine & #3 MillWollastonitePlant
Harrisville DepositWollastoniteOccurrence
Kiggins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Patchin Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Patchin Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Valentine MineWollastoniteProducer1978

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Remington Corners1.4 miles17
Harrisville3.2 miles17
Alpina3.3 miles18
Kimball Mill4.0 miles17
Diana Center5.4 miles17
Jerden Falls9.2 miles17
North Croghan Crossing9.5 miles17
Indian River11.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954896. 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.