McMasters Crossing, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Harrietstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12945. The Survey maps it on the Saranac Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1902 USGS Saranac quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Saranac quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1979 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Saranac Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
59 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of McMasters Crossing between 2003 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SITE 41 FIRE |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | SI 59 FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of McMasters Crossing: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. C. Harris Property Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Saranac Juction Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Trudeau Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Trudeau Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Clear | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Colby | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Upper Saint Regis | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Harrietstown | 4.3 miles | 25 | |
| Saranac Lake | 4.8 miles | 27 | |
| Saranac Inn | 5.4 miles | 23 | |
| Gabriels | 5.7 miles | 25 | |
| Paul Smiths Easy Street | 6.0 miles | 25 |
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 Q122548046 | 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 972783. 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.










