Little Bow, New York
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gouverneur town. It lies in ZIP code area 13642. The Survey maps it on the Natural Dam quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1985The 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.


Compare 1912 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1912 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Natural Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Natural Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Little Bow between 1994 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Little Bow: 26 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmdale Graphite Deposit | Graphite, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Gouverneur Garnet Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Gouverneur Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gouverneur Talc Deposit | Talc-Soapstone, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| John J. Sullivan Property Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gouverneur Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Macomb Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Rylestone Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Washburn Farm Deposit | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Cook Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Dam | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Elmdale | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Gouverneur | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hailesboro | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| North Gouverneur | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Wegatchie | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Pikes Corner | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Somerville | 5.5 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122568703 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976557. 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.









