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Talcville, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Edwards town. It lies in ZIP code area 13635. It stands on Pork Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle.

Talcville 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 Talcville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Talcville, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Talcville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresNew York Forest RangersEDWARDS FIRE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersEDWARDS 1
6 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWOLF LAKE LEAN-TO
23 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Talcville: 23 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Zinc, Iron, Mercury, Silver, Lead. 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
Balmat - Edwards DistrictZinc, Mercury, Silver, LeadProducer1838, 1915, 2008
Barraford PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Edwards MineZinc, Cadmium, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead, Iron, Barium-Barite, CopperPast Producer1903, 1915, 1980
Hyatt MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1917, 1918
Pleasant Valley School MineSulfurPast Producer
Rylestone QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer1904
Webb Zinc DepositLead, Sulfur-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceStratabound
Anthony MineIronOccurrence
South Edward OccurrenceIronOccurrenceIlmenite
South Edwards Ilmenite-MagnetiteIronProspect

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
Edwards3.1 miles14
Emeryville3.4 miles14
Fullerville3.4 miles14
Fowler4.8 miles15
Pond Settlement5.6 miles15
South Edwards6.0 miles15
Balmat6.3 miles18
Hailesboro7.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977094. 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.