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Point Vivian, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alexandria town. It lies in ZIP code area 13607. It lies near Gypsy Island. The Survey maps it on the Alexandria Bay quadrangle.

Point Vivian within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Point Vivian, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Point Vivian, surveyed 1903

On record in Point Vivian

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 2 records

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 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

94 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Point Vivian between 2002 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2010Missing 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 Point Vivian: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Granite. 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
J. Leopold and Co. QuarryGranitePast ProducerUnknown
Fern OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Wolfe Hole OccurrenceIronOccurrence1945

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
Saint Lawrence Park0.8 miles18
Pinehurst Resort1.1 miles18
Edgewood Park1.9 miles18
Collins Landing2.0 miles18
Alexandria Bay2.2 miles18
Moore Landing2.4 miles18
Westminster Park3.0 miles18
Godfreys Corner3.6 miles18

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 Q122551387The 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 960843. 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.