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Thousand Island Park, New York

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Orleans town. It lies in ZIP code area 13640. It lies near Castle Francis Island. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Island Park quadrangle.

Thousand Island Park within Jefferson County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Thousand Island Park, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Thousand Island Park, surveyed 1903

On record in Thousand Island Park

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

72 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Thousand Island Park between 2002 and 2020, burning about 56 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
28 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2008Natural3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Thousand Island Park: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Limestone, General. 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
Acton Island QuarryGranitePast Producer
Clayton QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Flick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Fargville Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Fineview0.8 miles14
Grenell0.9 miles14
Fishers Landing1.3 miles14
Moore Landing2.2 miles18
Frontenac2.4 miles14
Collins Landing2.7 miles18
Grandview Park2.7 miles14
Omar3.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967447. 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.