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Pierrepont, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pierrepont town. It lies in ZIP code area 13617. The Survey maps it on the Pierrepont quadrangle.

Pierrepont within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pierrepont, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Pierrepont, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

On record in Pierrepont

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

94 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Pierrepont between 1993 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined64
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 August 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Pierrepont: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pierrepont MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1979, 1982
West Pierrepont Tourmaline DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Mine Number 1 and MillTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerTalc
Number 2 MineTalc-SoapstonePast ProducerTalc
Unnamed QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Frank Randall Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pierrepont in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindPierrepont$15,000Several trees downed on utility lines.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindPierrepont$15,000Numerous trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindPierrepont$10,000Several trees down throughout town.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Pierrepont$2,000Trees and several branches down in West Pierrepont.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPierrepont$2,000Trees down.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPierrepont$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence 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
Crary Mills3.8 miles16
Colton3.9 miles18
West Pierrepont4.3 miles15
Coney Island4.9 miles18
Willisville5.3 miles18
Hannawa Falls5.3 miles18
Wildwood6.1 miles18
West Parishville6.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976811. 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.