North Jay, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jay town. It lies in ZIP code area 12912. The Survey maps it on the Au Sable Forks quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 91 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
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Ausable quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Au Sable Forks quadrangle1:25000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of North Jay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 198 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 30 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 | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of North Jay: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Graphite, Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyradey Estate Deposits | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ausable Forks Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Gulf Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Gulf Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Passaic Crushed Stone Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Palmer Hill Group of Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1825 | |
| Palmer Hill Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1820, 1833, 1890 | |
| Charles Clements Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Emerald Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Keystone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Jay in 1 storm report in 1993: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Jay | $5,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Street | 2.7 miles | 24 | |
| Au Sable Forks | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Rome | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Jay | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Haselton | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Upper Jay | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Wilmington | 7.6 miles | 27 | |
| Deerhead | 7.6 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972866. 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.







