Olmstedville, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Minerva town. It lies in ZIP code area 12857. It stands on Kelso Brook. The Survey maps it on the Minerva quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1897 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
33 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Olmstedville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 July 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 June 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | MINERVA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Olmstedville: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Garnet, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Graphite Co. Property | Graphite, Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1899, 1901 | |
| Minerva Mine | Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1877, 1881 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Garnet, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1925, 1975 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Quartz, Mica | Occurrence | Granite, Mica, Quartz | |
| Brannon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Perkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Garnet | Past Producer | 1897, 1918 | |
| International Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Johnson-Braden Graphite Mine | Graphite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olmstedville in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmstedville | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olmstedville | $10,000 | Several reports of isolated trees downed by strong winds in Schroon Lake, Minerva and North Hudson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irishtown | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Minerva | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Pudding Hollow | 4.6 miles | 26 | |
| Loch Muller | 6.9 miles | 27 | |
| South Schroon | 7.6 miles | 27 | |
| Aiden Lair | 7.9 miles | 26 | |
| Stillwater | 8.6 miles | 26 | |
| Schroon Lake | 10.1 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959353. 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.









