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North Russell, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Russell town. It lies in ZIP code area 13617. It stands on Baldwin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pierrepont quadrangle.

North Russell within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 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 Russell, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Russell, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

52 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of North Russell between 2002 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
28 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 July 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 July 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 July 2005Missing 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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of North Russell: 8 past producers, 8 occurrences, 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Sulfur, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Nickerson QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
North Russell DepositMolybdenum, TitaniumOccurrence
Pyrites ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1905, 1908
West Pierrepont Tourmaline DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Mine Number 1 and MillTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerTalc
Number 2 MineTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerTalc
Unnamed QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Chapel ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Brick Chapel ProspectSulfurOccurrence

Every working 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
Danes Corners2.5 miles15
West Pierrepont3.4 miles15
Pyrites3.4 miles15
Russell5.2 miles15
Palmerville5.9 miles15
Crary Mills6.0 miles16
Hermon6.2 miles15
Pierrepont6.5 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122597831The 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 976738. 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.