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Paul Smiths, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Brighton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12970. The Survey maps it on the Saint Regis Mountain quadrangle.

Paul Smiths within Franklin County

Then and now

1905 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Paul Smiths, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Paul Smiths, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

On record in Paul Smiths

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

40 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Paul Smiths between 1999 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarism9.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersCOOLER POND #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Paul Smiths: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Tucker PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paul Smiths in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2016: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$20,000Multiple trees down forcing closure on Route 30.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$20,000no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$10,000Several trees down on Keese Mills, Barnum Pond and White Pine roads as well as Routes 60 and 31.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$10,000Trees down on powerlines across sections of Paul Smiths.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$10,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$5,000A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds and down across a residential propane tank.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees along Route 30 in Paul Smiths.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$5,000no account filed
May 2005HailPaul Smiths$1,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$1,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$1,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$1,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPaul Smiths$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Paul Smiths Easy Street1.2 miles25
Keese Mill2.4 miles24
Upper Saint Regis3.0 miles24
Gabriels3.8 miles25
Rainbow Lake4.7 miles25
Lake Clear5.0 miles27
McColloms5.7 miles17
Harrietstown5.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970460. 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.