Lost Village, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oswegatchie town. It lies in ZIP code area 13669. The Survey maps it on the Heuvelton quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
On record in Lost Village
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- U.S. Post Officelisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1904 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Heuvelton quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Heuvelton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Lost Village between 2002 and 2020, burning about 35 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2007 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 31 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lost Village: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Limestone, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogdensburg Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Howard's Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Howard's Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Conville Inc. Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Unnamed Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galilee | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Heuvelton | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ogdensburg | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| De Peyster | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Morristown Center | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Edgewater Park | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Terrace Park | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Flackville | 7.8 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lost Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122562342 | 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 976604. 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.








