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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.

McMasters Crossing within Franklin County

Then and now

1902 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of McMasters Crossing, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of McMasters Crossing, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

59 since 2003

Regional 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 ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarism9.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSITE 41 FIRE
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSI 59 FIRE
14 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2010Debris and open burning1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C. C. Harris Property DepositIronOccurrence
Saranac Juction QuarryGranitePast Producer
Trudeau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Trudeau Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Lake Clear1.3 miles27
Lake Colby3.8 miles27
Upper Saint Regis4.2 miles24
Harrietstown4.3 miles25
Saranac Lake4.8 miles27
Saranac Inn5.4 miles23
Gabriels5.7 miles25
Paul Smiths Easy Street6.0 miles25

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 Q122548046The 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.