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Rocky Point, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plattsburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12901. The Survey maps it on the Plattsburgh quadrangle.

Rocky Point within Clinton County

Then and now

1894 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rocky Point, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rocky Point, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

205 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Point between 1995 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined134
Arson/incendiarism35
Natural11
Smoking10
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2012Natural1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Point: 12 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clinton Co High, Dept. QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
PlattsburgChromium, Osmium, Copper, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, PlatinumOccurrence1880
Darrah PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plattsburgh Quarry #3Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plattsburgh Quarry #4Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rugar Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pallette QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Plattsburgh Quarries IncLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1956, 1964
Plattsburgh QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plattsburgh Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Cumberland Head0.6 miles29
Plattsburgh2.7 miles29
Halseys Corners3.2 miles29
East Beekmantown3.7 miles28
Point Au Roche4.3 miles28
Clinton Park (historical)4.4 miles29
Parc4.4 miles29
Cliff Haven4.7 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962793. 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.