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South Junction, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plattsburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12903. It stands on Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Plattsburgh quadrangle.

South Junction within Clinton County

Then and now

1894 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 92 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 Junction, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Junction, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

234 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of South Junction between 1995 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined135
Arson/incendiarism37
Debris and open burning19
Natural13
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
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 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing 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
26 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2012Natural1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of South Junction: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Chromium. 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
PlattsburgChromium, Osmium, Copper, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, PlatinumOccurrence1880
Bluff Point QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #1Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #2Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bluff Point QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Le Zotte QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Plattsburgh Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working 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
Salmon River (historical)1.2 miles29
South Plattsburgh1.8 miles29
Cliff Haven1.9 miles29
Valcour2.1 miles29
Clinton Park (historical)2.1 miles29
Parc2.3 miles29
Pleasant Ridge Corners2.7 miles29
Laphams Mills3.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973096. 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.