Standish, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Saranac town. It lies in ZIP code area 12952. The Survey maps it on the Lyon Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Standish between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 June 2013 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LYON MT TRANSFORMER |
| 24 May 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Standish: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Tailings Pile Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| 81 Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1840 | |
| Burden Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | 1875, 1967 | |
| Eighty-One Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1878 | |
| Phillips Vein | Iron | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Phillips Vein | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1850, 1871, 1967 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Standish in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flood | Standish | $1,800,000 | Flooding of the Saranac River and its tributaries caused the closure of over a dozen roads in Saranac, Riverview, and Redford due to inundation and washouts. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Mountain | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| High Bank | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Merrill | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Riverview | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Clayburg | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Russia | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Redford | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Moffitsville | 10.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 966213. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







