Tahawus, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Newcomb town. It lies in ZIP code area 12852. It lies near Sanford Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Adams quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 95 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
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1904 USGS Santanoni quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1948 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Santanoni quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Ogdensburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Santanoni Peak quadrangle1:25000
- 1985 USGS Tupper Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Santanoni Peak quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tahawus between 1995 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | NEGLECT |
| 31 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CALAMITY BROOK |
| 3 July 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | WALLFACE FIRE |
| 5 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 May 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 October 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Tahawus: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Titanium, Vanadium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney Pond Ore Body | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Macintyre | Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Iron | Prospect | 1826, 1942, 1985 | |
| Mt. Adams Ore Body | Iron, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal | Occurrence | ||
| Tahawus Stone Pit 702-4 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cheney Pond Ore Body | Titanium, Vanadium, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Macintyre Development | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1826, 1942 | |
| Mcintyre Mine and Mill | Titanium, Metal, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Adams Ore Body | Titanium, Iron, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Sanford Hill-South Extension | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium | Past Producer | 1826, 1834 | |
| Sanford Lake District | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Producer | 1826, 1834, 1983 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tahawus in 1 storm report in 2014: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Flood | Tahawus | $250,000 | Heavy rainfall and snowmelt combined to produce flooding across Essex County NY. The Ausable and Boquet river basins were the hardest hit. The West Branch of the Ausable River flooded River Road near Lake Placid, while the East Branch flooded portions of Route 9N and other local roads between Keene and Ausable Forks NY. The river gage on the East Branch of the Ausable at Ausable Forks went above flood stage of 7 feet at 4:40 PM EST on 4/14, and crested at 9.37 feet at 7:45 PM EST on 4/16 2014. In the Boquet River basin, sections of Route 9 and local roads flooded in New Russia and downstream toward Elizabethtown. In northwest Essex County, the Saranac River flooded a local road near Bloomingdale. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcomb | 8.2 miles | 27 | |
| Boreas River | 8.9 miles | 25 | |
| Aiden Lair | 12.6 miles | 26 | |
| Shady Corner Curve | 13.1 miles | 29 | |
| Averyville | 13.3 miles | 25 | |
| Stillwater | 13.8 miles | 26 | |
| North Elba | 14.3 miles | 29 | |
| Northwoods Club | 15.0 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973137. 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.








