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South Plattsburgh, 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 12901. The Survey maps it on the Plattsburgh quadrangle.

South Plattsburgh 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 Plattsburgh, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of South Plattsburgh, 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

321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of South Plattsburgh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 57 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/undetermined172
Arson/incendiarism57
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural16
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
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
5 September 2002Smokingunder 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of South Plattsburgh: 9 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Barcomb DevelopmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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)0.7 miles29
Pleasant Ridge Corners1.3 miles29
South Junction1.8 miles29
Parc2.8 miles29
Laphams Mills2.9 miles19
Cliff Haven2.9 miles29
Clinton Park (historical)3.0 miles29
Valcour3.3 miles29

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 Q122550667The 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 965842. 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.