Sevey, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Colton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12922. The Survey maps it on the Childwold quadrangle.

Sevey within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1920 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sevey, surveyed 1985

Topographic sheet of Sevey, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1920 USGS Childwold quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1921 USGS Childwold quadrangle1:48000
1922 USGS Childwold quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Childwold quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sevey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 208 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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	5
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	1
Debris and open burning	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
10 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
30 August 1999	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
22 August 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	GRASS RIVER FIRE
15 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
14 August 1993	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
27 July 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	New York Forest Rangers	MASSAWEPIE FIRE
13 June 1992	Arson/incendiarism	190 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
23 May 1992	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Childwold	2.9 miles	15
Shurtleff	3.3 miles	15
Brandy Brook	4.7 miles	21
Childwold Park	4.7 miles	15
Gale	5.0 miles	15
Hollywood (historical)	6.1 miles	15
Conifer	7.8 miles	22
Cranberry Lake	8.2 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976980. 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.