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Malone Junction, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Malone town. It lies in ZIP code area 12953. It stands on Branch Brook. The Survey maps it on the Malone quadrangle.

Malone Junction within Franklin County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Malone Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Malone Junction, surveyed 1915

On record in Malone Junction

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

144 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Malone Junction between 1999 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined88
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning11
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersBRICK CHURCH RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Malone Junction: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Flagstone. 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
Malone MinesIronPast Producer1885, 1895
Northern Adriondack QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Adirondack Stone Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1955, 1973
Malone QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Northern Adriondack QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Francis J. Paro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Francis J. Paro Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Malone MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Moore PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Malone1.3 miles18
Whippleville3.4 miles18
Teboville3.9 miles14
Fay4.4 miles17
Constable5.1 miles17
Burke6.4 miles14
Burke Center6.5 miles14
North Bangor6.8 miles16

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 Q122565422The 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 956317. 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.