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Talcottville, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Leyden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13309. It stands on Stucky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Port Leyden quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.

Talcottville within Lewis County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Talcottville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Talcottville, surveyed 1905

On record in Talcottville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

46 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Talcottville between 2002 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined19
Natural9
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
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
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2020Smokingunder an acreNew York Forest RangersGOLDEN ROAD FIRE
5 July 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Talcottville: 6 producers, 5 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Port LeydenZirconium, Titanium, IronProspect1952
Port Leyden MineTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrence
Boonville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boonville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gingerich PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Boonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boonville PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Boonville Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Callanan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kerager PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Locust Grove2.1 miles20
Port Leyden3.6 miles20
Constableville4.1 miles20
Goulds Mill5.4 miles20
Collinsville5.4 miles20
Mohawk Hill5.6 miles20
Kosterville5.9 miles20
Shuetown6.3 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on TalcottvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7679090The 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 967005. 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.