Omar, New York

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1903 1985

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1996 · 0.1 miles away
• Thousand Island Grange Halllisted 1996 · 0.1 miles away
• A. Newton Farmlisted 1997 · 0.3 miles away

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.

• 1903 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
• 1943 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:31680
• 1948 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
• 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Omar between 2002 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Collins Landing
• Moore Landing
• Fineview
• Fishers Landing
• Pinehurst Resort
• Point Vivian

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Omar: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959355. 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.