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.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 28 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.
- 1895 USGS Paradox Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Paradox Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Paradox Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Paradox Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradox Mines | Iron | Past Producer | 1835, 1880 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Dolomite | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Airport Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Benson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Benson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Palmer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Schroon Town Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stowell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stowell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Whitney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severance | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| North Hudson | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Schroon Lake | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Blue Ridge | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Paradox | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| South Schroon | 7.5 miles | 27 | |
| Loch Muller | 7.8 miles | 27 | |
| Ironville | 11.4 miles | 27 |
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 Q122567354 | 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 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.









