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Schroon Falls, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schroon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12870. It lies near Dirgylot Hill. The Survey maps it on the Paradox Lake quadrangle.

Schroon Falls within Essex 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 Schroon Falls, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Schroon Falls, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 28 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Schroon Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural16
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2004Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2010Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Schroon Falls: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Dolomite, Iron. 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
Paradox MinesIronPast Producer1835, 1880
Unnamed ProspectDolomitePast ProducerReplacement
Airport PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Benson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Benson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Palmer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Schroon Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stowell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stowell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Whitney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Severance1.9 miles28
North Hudson3.8 miles28
Schroon Lake4.2 miles27
Blue Ridge4.4 miles25
Paradox5.5 miles28
South Schroon7.5 miles27
Loch Muller7.8 miles27
Ironville11.4 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q122567354The 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 973047. 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.