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Perch River, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Brownville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13601. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.

Perch River within Jefferson County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Perch River, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Perch River, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

130 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Perch River between 2000 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Perch River: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Dead Creek OccurrenceIronOccurrence1943
Chamont QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Limerick QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Reynolds Corner2.1 miles17
Stone Mills3.3 miles20
Limerick3.7 miles17
Brownville4.9 miles20
Noseville4.9 miles20
Dexter5.0 miles17
Depauville5.3 miles17
Paddy Hill5.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972932. 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.