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North Hammond, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hammond town. It lies in ZIP code area 13646. The Survey maps it on the Hammond quadrangle.

North Hammond within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1912 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 73 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 Hammond, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Hammond, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

85 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of North Hammond between 2002 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning10
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of North Hammond: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Dolomite, Zinc. 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
Mineral Point DepositLead, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Nelson Farm DepositLead, ZincPast Producer
St Lawrence State Hospital QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stout Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stout PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stouts Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stouts Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hammond in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 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
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Hammond$10,000Several branches, trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Hammond$2,000Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds.

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
Oak Point2.4 miles7
Hammond3.0 miles19
Chippewa Bay3.2 miles20
Black Lake (historical)3.9 miles19
Brier Hill4.8 miles19
Cedars4.9 miles19
South Hammond5.8 miles19
Schermerhorn Landing5.8 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976736. 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.