Rooseveltown, New York
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Massena town. It lies in ZIP code area 13683. The Survey maps it on the Hogansburg quadrangle. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Moira quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Moira quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Moira quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hogansburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1977 USGS Massena Port of Entry quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Rooseveltown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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 | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rooseveltown: 1 plant. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Lawrence Reduction Plant | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1959 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rooseveltown in 2 storm reports in 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rooseveltown | $5,000 | Convective winds downed several trees, snapped a few and damaged a wooden shed. |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rooseveltown | $5,000 | Multiple trees downed by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Raquette River | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Massena Center | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ironton | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Brasher Iron Works | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brasher Center | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Massena | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| Massena Springs | 9.2 miles | 19 |
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 Rooseveltown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7366517 | 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 976907. 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.










