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Raquette River, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Massena town. It lies in ZIP code area 13662. It stands on Squeak Brook. The Survey maps it on the Raquette River quadrangle.

Raquette River 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 Raquette River, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Raquette River, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

136 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Raquette River between 2000 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined81
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Smoking4
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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2019Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Raquette River: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or 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
(Facility) Alcoa Massena SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1903
St Lawrence Reduction PlantAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1959

Every working 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
Massena Center2.1 miles17
Rooseveltown3.6 miles17
Helena4.1 miles16
Massena5.4 miles19
Massena Springs5.6 miles19
Brasher Center5.8 miles17
Brasher Iron Works6.6 miles16
Ironton6.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976874. 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.