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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.

Porcaville within Franklin 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 Porcaville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Porcaville, surveyed 1906

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

32 since 2002

Regional 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/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest RangersOLD INDIAN CAMP
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brewer Hill MineIron, Titanium, MetalPast ProducerReplacement
Trimm PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brewer Hill MineIronProspect
Briggs ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Briggs ProspectIronProspect
Duane MinesIronPast Producer1828, 1849
Ore Bed ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Orebed ProspectIronProspect
Owl's Head MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Owls Head MineIronProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Mountain View2.9 miles18
Owls Head3.7 miles18
Bryants Mill3.7 miles17
Duane Center4.4 miles16
Chasm Falls5.4 miles14
Wolf Pond6.8 miles17
Teboville9.0 miles14
Whippleville9.6 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 Q122539003The 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.