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.
Then and now
1903 to 1985The 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.


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.
Longue Vue Islandlisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away- Densmore Methodist Church of the Thousand Islandslisted 1988 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Alexandria Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Gouverneur quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 2002Regional 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/undetermined | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Leopold and Co. Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | Unknown | |
| Fern Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Wolfe Hole Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | 1945 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Lawrence Park | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Pinehurst Resort | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Edgewood Park | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Collins Landing | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Alexandria Bay | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Moore Landing | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Westminster Park | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Godfreys Corner | 3.6 miles | 18 |
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 Q122551387 | 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 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.








