Perry Mills, New York
1 topographic sheet covers this place, surveyed in 1977. It stands in Champlain town. It lies in ZIP code area 12919. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mooers OE N quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
1 surveyMatched 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.
- 1977 USGS Mooers Station quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
157 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Perry Mills between 2001 and 2020, burning about 137 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 36 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 | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 20 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Perry Mills: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlain Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Champlain Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Champlain Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Surface |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champlain | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Mooers | 5.0 miles | 24 | |
| Coopersville | 6.5 miles | 28 | |
| Rouses Point | 7.5 miles | 28 | |
| Sciola | 7.6 miles | 23 | |
| Mooers Forks | 7.7 miles | 24 | |
| Chazy | 8.5 miles | 28 | |
| Woods Falls | 8.6 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122545452 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970470. 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.
