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Pine Grove, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Watson town. It lies in ZIP code area 13343. It stands on Independence River. The Survey maps it on the Lowville quadrangle.

Pine Grove within Lewis County

Then and now

1911 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Pine Grove, surveyed 1911

On record in Pine Grove

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

9 surveys from 18 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

52 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 2001 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
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 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresNew York Forest RangersINDIAN PIPE FIRE
6 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWATERLINE FIRE
5 July 2020Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Gyore Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gyore Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hoch Brothers Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Waterworks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Otter Creek2.3 miles21
Bushes Landing2.5 miles18
East Martinsburg2.7 miles21
Glenfield3.2 miles21
Glendale3.2 miles21
Watson3.6 miles18
Petries Corners3.7 miles19
Sperryville4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972945. 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.