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Saint Lawrence, New York

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cape Vincent town. It lies in ZIP code area 13624. The Survey maps it on the Saint Lawrence quadrangle.

Saint Lawrence within Jefferson County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saint Lawrence, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Saint Lawrence, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

28 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Saint Lawrence between 2002 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking1

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
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Saint Lawrence: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Three Mile Bay QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bombard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carlisle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clayton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crystal Spring Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lyme PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
St Lawrence PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Warren2.6 miles16
Millen Bay4.1 miles16
Sunnybank4.6 miles17
Rosiere5.5 miles16
Depauville6.0 miles17
Clayton6.1 miles17
Upper Town Landing6.6 miles14
Clayton Center6.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 963803. 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.