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Lower Town Landing, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clayton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13624. It lies near West Crawford Island. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Island Park quadrangle.

Lower Town Landing within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lower Town Landing, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Lower Town Landing, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

47 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Lower Town Landing between 2002 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural7
Debris and open burning2

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 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2008Natural3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lower Town Landing: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Acton Island QuarryGranitePast Producer
Clayton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clayton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Three Mile Bay QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Carlisle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clayton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crystal Spring Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lyme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Upper Town Landing1.1 miles14
Clayton2.1 miles17
Frontenac2.4 miles14
Grenell2.7 miles14
Grindstone2.9 miles12
Thousand Island Park3.6 miles14
Grandview Park3.9 miles14
Fineview4.4 miles14

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 Q122564348The 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 972745. 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.