North Burke, New York
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Burke town. It lies in ZIP code area 12917. The Survey maps it on the Burke quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Chateaugay quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Burke quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Jamiesons Line Station quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Burke quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of North Burke between 1999 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Burke in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Burke | $2,000 | Multiple trees down across East road in Burke. |
| April 1996 | Hail | North Burke | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cooks Mill | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Brayton Hollow | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Burke Center | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Thayer Corners | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Burke | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Chateaugay | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Earlville | 6.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972854. 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.
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.










