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Southville, New York

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

Southville 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 Southville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Southville, 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

108 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Southville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined68
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning5
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
25 September 2017Smoking5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Southville: 10 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Elmer Randall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Converse1.6 miles19
Sinclair Corner2.8 miles19
Parishville Center3.6 miles19
West Stockholm3.7 miles19
Parishville3.8 miles19
Beechertown4.0 miles19
Sandfordville4.7 miles19
Pickettville4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977039. 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.