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Stellaville, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in De Kalb town. It lies in ZIP code area 13652. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hermon quadrangle.

Stellaville 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 Stellaville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Stellaville, 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

100 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Stellaville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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/undetermined78
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning1

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 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2009Missing 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Stellaville: 10 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar. 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
De Kalb DepositFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer1907, 1908, 1938
De Kalb Junction MineFeldsparPast Producer
Farr ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronOccurrence1904
Mitchell ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronOccurrence1904
Pyrites ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1905, 1908
Stella MinesSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig IronPast Producer1883, 1921
Ore Bed Deposit No. 1Sulfur-PyriteProspect
Ore Bed School ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Devils ElbowIronOccurrenceSurface
Devils Elbow DepositIronProspect

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
Hermon1.1 miles15
Marshville2.1 miles15
De Kalb Junction2.3 miles14
East De Kalb3.1 miles14
Pyrites3.8 miles15
Eddy4.1 miles15
Kents Corners4.4 miles14
Danes Corners5.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977065. 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.