Porcaville, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bellmont town. It lies in ZIP code area 12969. It lies near Barnes Pinnacle. The Survey maps it on the Owls Head quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1994The 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 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.
- 1906 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1908 USGS Loon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Owls Head quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Porcaville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | OLD INDIAN CAMP |
| 11 September 2002 | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Porcaville: 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brewer Hill Mine | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Trimm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brewer Hill Mine | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Briggs Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Briggs Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Duane Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1828, 1849 | |
| Ore Bed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Orebed Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Owl's Head Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Owls Head Mine | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Owls Head | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bryants Mill | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Duane Center | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Chasm Falls | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wolf Pond | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Teboville | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Whippleville | 9.6 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 Q122539003 | 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 972960. 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.








