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Undercliff, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in North Elba town. It lies in ZIP code area 12946. It stands on Falls Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake Placid quadrangle.

Undercliff within Essex County

Then and now

1896 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Undercliff, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Undercliff, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 28 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

42 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Undercliff between 2002 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2015Natural2.1 acresNew York Forest RangersWINCH POND FIRE
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHOLCOMB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Undercliff: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Whiteface Landing1.2 miles28
Whiteface2.6 miles27
Lake Placid4.2 miles28
North Elba6.7 miles29
Ray Brook6.7 miles27
North Pole7.7 miles27
Bloomingdale7.8 miles25
Averyville7.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968126. 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.