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Riparius, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12862. It lies near Dipper Pond Mountain. The Survey maps it on the North Creek quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Riparius within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riparius, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Riparius, surveyed 1895

On record in Riparius

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Riparius between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
3 September 2001Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPALMER POND
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersWASHER HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Riparius: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar, Graphite. 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
Oven Mountain MineGarnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1897, 1925
Potterville ProspectGraphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, MicaOccurrenceGraphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite
Town of Chester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnsburg DepositGarnetProspect
Oven Mountain DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897
Sander Brothers MineGarnetPast Producer1907, 1912, 1925
Wevertown DepositGarnetProspect

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riparius in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2023FloodRiparius$10,000There were multiple single lane closures along Route 8 between the Riparius Bridge and Schroon River Road in Chestertown due to flooding.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRiparius-A tree was downed on U.S. Route 9 between Loon Lake Colony Lane and Route 8 in Chester.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindRiparius-Multiple downed trees and wires were reported along NY Route 28 between Durkin Road and NY Route 8 in the Town of North Creek.
June 2019Flash FloodRiparius-River Cutoff Road was closed due to flooding.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindRiparius-A tree was downed.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRiparius-A tree was reported down on wires on Igerna Road in Chestertown, 3 miles north of the interesction of Route 8 and Route 9, due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRiparius-A tree was reported down on wires on Marshall Fish Road in Chestertown due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindRiparius-Trees down, blocking Route 8.

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
Wevertown3.0 miles26
Igerna4.5 miles26
Johnsburg4.5 miles27
Holcombville4.9 miles26
Chestertown5.1 miles26
North Creek5.3 miles26
The Glen5.7 miles25
Sodom5.7 miles26

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.

Wikipedia article on RipariusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7335566The 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 962541. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.