Two Brooks, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12989. It stands on West Brook. The Survey maps it on the Alder Brook quadrangle.

Two Brooks within Franklin County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Two Brooks, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Two Brooks, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

1911 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1913 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1931 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1968 USGS Alder Brook quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Two Brooks between 2002 and 2018, burning about 9 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
10 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.1 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 July 2018	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 May 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.9 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 May 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
30 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
26 April 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
2 April 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Two Brooks: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Franklin Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Tremblay Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1858, 1880
Tremblay Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1858

Every working recorded in Franklin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Goldsmith	1.7 miles	18
Sugarbush	2.6 miles	18
Merrillsville	4.8 miles	17
Alder Brook	4.8 miles	18
Loon Lake	5.0 miles	17
Wolf Pond	7.0 miles	17
Franklin Falls	9.9 miles	27
Onchiota	10.0 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973171. 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.