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Schuyler Falls, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Schuyler Falls town. It lies in ZIP code area 12985. The Survey maps it on the Morrisonville quadrangle.

Schuyler Falls within Clinton County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Schuyler Falls, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Schuyler Falls, surveyed 1913

On record in Schuyler Falls

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Schuyler Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined126
Arson/incendiarism49
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Schuyler Falls: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adcock No. 1 & 2 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barcomb DevelopmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morrisonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrisonville Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Old Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schuyler Falls in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$25,000Several reports of trees down in Schuyler Falls.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$5,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Turner road and Sopher street.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$5,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds on Campsite Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$5,000Two to three foot diameter tree, as well as power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$5,000A cold front moved across northern New York during the early morning hours of August 3, 1997. Associated thunderstorm winds resulted in trees and power lines blown down.
July 2005HailSchuyler Falls$5,000no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$2,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSchuyler Falls$1,000A tree reported down on Salmon River Road in Schuyler Falls.
September 1995HailSchuyler Falls$1,000A cold front moving southeast from Canada passed across northern New York during the mid afternoon hours. An isolated severe thunderstorm produced three-quarters inch hail in Schuyler Falls in Clinton County.
May 2011HailSchuyler Falls-Quarter inch size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Laphams Mills3.7 miles19
Pleasant Ridge Corners3.7 miles29
South Plattsburgh3.7 miles29
Peru3.8 miles19
Salmon River (historical)4.4 miles29
Morrisonville4.5 miles19
Woods Mills5.3 miles19
South Junction5.5 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964633. 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.