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South Edwards, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Edwards town. It lies in ZIP code area 13635. The Survey maps it on the South Edwards quadrangle.

South Edwards within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Edwards, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of South Edwards, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of South Edwards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresNew York Forest RangersEDWARDS FIRE
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersEDWARDS 1
18 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 June 1999Recreation and ceremony12 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot 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 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of South Edwards: 9 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Zinc, Zirconium, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Barraford PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East Pitcairn Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite, ZirconiumOccurrence
East Pitcairn Gypsum DepositGypsum-Anhydrite, ZirconiumOccurrence
Fine DepositFeldspar, QuartzProspect
Webb Zinc DepositLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceStratabound
Mc Gill OccurrenceZincOccurrenceStratabound
Woodcock OccurrenceZincOccurrenceStratabound
Anthony MineIronOccurrence
Folsom Place ProspectIronProspect
Georgiana Slate Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence

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
Pond Settlement0.9 miles15
East Pitcairn3.5 miles18
Fine3.9 miles18
Edwards4.6 miles14
Talcville6.0 miles14
Fullerville7.1 miles14
Pitcairn7.2 miles17
Kalurah7.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977033. 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.