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Oak Point, New York

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hammond town. It lies in ZIP code area 13646. It lies near Zitka. The Survey maps it on the Morristown OE W quadrangle.

Oak Point within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1948 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Point, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Oak Point, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Oak Point between 2002 and 2019, burning about 29 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning10
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Oak Point: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Sandstone QuarryFlagstone, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
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
Unnamed Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
North Hammond2.4 miles19
Brier Hill4.8 miles19
Chippewa Bay5.0 miles20
Hammond5.4 miles19
Black Lake (historical)5.8 miles19
Cedars6.3 miles19
Schermerhorn Landing7.3 miles20
Morristown7.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976754. 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.