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Nicholville, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lawrence town. It stands on Miller Brook. The Survey maps it on the Nicholville quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.

Nicholville within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1919 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nicholville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Nicholville, surveyed 1919

Compare 1919 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Nicholville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined52
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersLAWRENCE
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Nicholville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mott Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Town of HopkintonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nicholville in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2022: 1 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
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNicholville$5,000Truckers reported trees down along Route 11B.
May 2022HailNicholville-Hail reported with estimated hail size of a quarter (one-inch in diameter).

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
Hopkinton2.4 miles15
Fort Jackson3.0 miles15
Kellogg4.5 miles15
McEwens Corner5.0 miles15
Laverys Corner5.0 miles15
Taylors Corner5.2 miles15
Wagstaff Corner5.3 miles15
Lawrenceville5.4 miles15

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 Q122554979The 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 976723. 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.