BlockBefore

Plumbrook, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Norfolk town. It lies in ZIP code area 13667. The Survey maps it on the Norfolk quadrangle.

Plumbrook within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Plumbrook, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Plumbrook, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

138 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Plumbrook between 1994 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined71
Arson/incendiarism33
Natural12
Debris and open burning10
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2018Smoking3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Plumbrook: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Elmer Randall PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Elmer Randall PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Michaud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plumbrook in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 2 flood, 2 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
April 2011FloodPlumbrook$1,000,000Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt caused flooding on the Raquette River. The river gage on the Raquette at South Colton New York exceeded its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 16:02 EST on April 28, and crested at 11.27 feet at 04:45 EST on April 29. The gage on the Raquette at Piercefield exceeded its flood stage of 12.5 feet at 00:07 April 29, and crested on May 1 at 09:15 EST. There was widespread flooding of low lying property, homes and businesses along the Raquette through Piercefield, South Colton, Colton, Potsdam, and Norwood. Flooding continued into May.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPlumbrook$25,000Large tree down on trailer, no injuries.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPlumbrook$15,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds on the road, reported by local law enforcement.
May 2011FloodPlumbrook-Flooding continued from late April. Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt caused flooding on the Raquette River. The river gage on the Raquette at South Colton New York exceeded its flood stage of 10.0 feet at 16:02 EST on April 28, and crested at 11.27 feet at 04:45 EST on April 29. The gage on the Raquette at Piercefield exceeded its flood stage of 12.5 feet at 00:07 April 29, and crested on May 1 at 09:15 EST. There was widespread flooding of low lying property, homes and businesses along the Raquette through Piercefield, South Colton, Colton, Potsdam, and Norwood. Flooding continued into May.

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
Grantville1.8 miles17
Brookdale2.0 miles17
Raymondville3.8 miles17
North Stockholm4.8 miles17
Norfolk5.1 miles17
Massena Springs5.5 miles19
Skinnerville6.0 miles17
Massena6.4 miles19

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 Q122545011The 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 976841. 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.