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Sinclair Corner, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Parishville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. The Survey maps it on the Potsdam quadrangle.

Sinclair Corner within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sinclair Corner, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sinclair Corner, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

126 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Sinclair Corner between 2000 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined76
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Sinclair Corner: 15 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Granite. 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
St Regis Red Veined Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Parishville DepositIronPast Producer1885, 1895
Parishville Magnetite-Ilmenite DeIronProspect
Clarkson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Potsdam Red Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Potsdam Sandstone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Bicknell Brothers S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elmer Randall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Parishville Center1.0 miles19
Southville2.8 miles19
High Flats3.5 miles18
West Parishville3.5 miles18
Parishville4.2 miles19
Willisville4.3 miles18
Converse4.3 miles19
Pickettville4.4 miles19

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 Q122568257The 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 976996. 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.