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North Elba, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in North Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 12946. It stands on Alder Brook. The Survey maps it on the North Elba quadrangle.

North Elba within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Elba, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of North Elba, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in North Elba

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

63 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of North Elba between 1994 and 2020, burning about 170 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
7 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersBEAR CUB FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
26 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of North Elba: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Lyons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lyons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Elba in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNorth Elba$500,000no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Elba-A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds along Old Military road and Deerwood trails.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Shady Corner Curve2.2 miles29
Lake Placid2.8 miles28
Averyville5.2 miles25
Whiteface5.3 miles27
Undercliff6.7 miles28
Whiteface Landing6.7 miles28
Ray Brook8.0 miles27
Keene8.6 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958774. 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.