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North River, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12856. It stands on Balm of Gilead Brook. The Survey maps it on the Gore Mountain quadrangle. It stands 1,073 feet above sea level.

North River within Warren County

Then and now

1898 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 99 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 River, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of North River, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

32 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of North River between 2001 and 2018, burning about 139 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined20
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersNORTH CREEK FIRE
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 July 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of North River: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Garnet, Gemstone, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar, Granite, Quartz. 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
Ruby Mountain DevelopmentGemstoneProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceGarnet, Mica, Quartz, FeldsparOccurrence1925, 1975
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, Quartz, MicaOccurrenceGranite, Mica, Quartz
Barton Mine & MillGarnetProducer
Black Mountain Pond DepositGarnetPast Producer
Botheration Pond Deposit AGarnetProspect
Botheration Pond Deposit BGarnetProspect
Casey Mountain DepositGarnetPast Producer
Hooper MineGarnetPast Producer
Hudson River MillGarnetPlant

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North River in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
October 2019Flash FloodNorth River$156,000There was road and culvert damage at seven sites in the town of Johnsburg, including Harvey Road, 13th Lake Road, Brookview Terrace, Birch Mountain Road, Rogers Road, Barton Mines Road, and River Road.
December 2023FloodNorth River$10,000The Hudson River at North Creek rose above flood stage during the early afternoon hours on December 18 and reached moderate flood stage during the evening and overnight hours. The river fell below flood stage during the early evening hours on December 19. This resulted in water covering a portion of State Route 28.
April 2011Flash FloodNorth River-Washouts occurred on 13th Lake, Parrish and Beach Roads in Johnsburg due to very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Christian Hill1.6 miles27
North Creek4.4 miles26
Holcombville4.9 miles26
Igerna6.8 miles26
Sodom7.6 miles26
Edwards Hill7.6 miles27
Bakers Mills8.6 miles25
Wevertown9.2 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on North RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14707113The 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 958901. 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.