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Madrid, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Madrid town. It lies in ZIP code area 13660. The Survey maps it on the Waddington quadrangle.

Madrid within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Madrid, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Madrid, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

On record in Madrid

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 1 record

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

98 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Madrid between 2002 and 2020, burning about 91 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning6
Natural5
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Madrid: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Town of Madrid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of Madrid Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madrid in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000Several trees and branches downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000Trees and wires down.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMadrid$10,000no account filed
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000A few trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000Trees blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMadrid$5,000no account filed
May 2005HailMadrid$1,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMadrid$500A cold front moved southeast from Canada into northern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours of August 4th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of St. Lawrence County. Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in Morristown with scattered reports of trees and powerlines down elsewhere in the county. Nickel-size hail was reported along the west shore of Tupper Lake.
July 2007HailMadrid-Nickel size hail reported.
July 1997HailMadrid-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Madrid Springs1.0 miles15
Turnbull Corner1.9 miles16
Bucks Bridge3.5 miles15
Chipman4.0 miles16
Halfway House Corners4.5 miles16
West Potsdam4.9 miles14
Hague Crossing5.7 miles15
Slab City5.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976616. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.