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Newton Falls, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Clifton town. It lies in ZIP code area 13666. It lies near Rocky Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Newton Falls quadrangle. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.

Newton Falls within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1919 to 1999

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 Newton Falls, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Newton Falls, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

21 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Newton Falls between 2005 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 May 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkMASSAWEPIE HUNTING CLUB FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Newton Falls: 15 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, 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
Benson Mine and MillIron, Titanium, MetalPast Producer1978
Benson MinesIron, TitaniumPast Producer1810, 1887
L.V.Hurlburt DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Cracker Box PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vader PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Anderson DepositIronOccurrence
Benson MinesIronPast Producer1810, 1889, 1978
Griffin Park DepositIronOccurrence
Hardwood Mill OccurrenceIronOccurrence1941
Jaruis Bridge OccurrenceIronOccurrence1942

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

3 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton Falls in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 1995Thunderstorm WindNewton Falls$125,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindNewton Falls$5,000Several trees reported down along River road near Chaumont pond.
September 2005HailNewton Falls-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
Benson Mines3.1 miles18
Star Lake4.2 miles18
Lower Oswegatchie4.4 miles18
Oswegatchie4.7 miles18
Newbridge5.3 miles15
Coffins Mills5.7 miles18
Cook Corners5.9 miles21
Wanakena6.4 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on Newton FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14707093The 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 976719. 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.