Santa Clara, New York
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Santa Clara town. It lies in ZIP code area 12980. It lies near Little Hurd Hill. The Survey maps it on the Santa Clara quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Santa Clara
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 1 record
St. Regis Mountain Fire Observation Stationlisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Massena quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clara between 2003 and 2020, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 17 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 29 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clara: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Clara in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2018: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Clara | $5,000 | Trees down along McMaster road. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Clara | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Clara | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Clara | - | A Tree and several large limbs downed by brief thunderstorm winds along Route 458 in Santa Clara. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gile | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Cove | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Trombley Landing | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Regis Falls | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Reynoldston | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Dickinson Center | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Meno | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dickinson | 9.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964462. 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.








