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Marshville, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hermon town. It lies in ZIP code area 13652. The Survey maps it on the Hermon quadrangle.

Marshville within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marshville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Marshville, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

105 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Marshville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined84
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Marshville: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar. 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
De Kalb DepositFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer1907, 1908, 1938
De Kalb Junction MineFeldsparPast Producer
Farr ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronOccurrence1904
Mitchell ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronOccurrence1904
Pyrites ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1905, 1908
Stella MinesSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1883, 1921
Ore Bed Deposit No. 1Sulfur-PyriteProspect
Ore Bed School ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Farr MineSulfurProspect
Mitchell MineSulfurProspect

Every working 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
Hermon1.1 miles15
Stellaville2.1 miles15
Kents Corners3.7 miles14
Stalbird3.8 miles15
Fordhams Corners4.1 miles15
East De Kalb4.2 miles14
De Kalb Junction4.3 miles14
Russell4.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976631. 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.