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Unionville, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Potsdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. The Survey maps it on the Potsdam quadrangle.

Unionville within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Unionville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Unionville, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

155 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Unionville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined96
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Debris and open burning6
Smoking3

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
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2018Smoking3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Unionville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite. 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
Barrett QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Norwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Norwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Sisson0.7 miles19
Hewittville0.9 miles14
Norwood2.7 miles17
Potsdam3.1 miles19
Yaleville3.8 miles17
West Stockholm5.1 miles19
North Stockholm5.1 miles17
West Potsdam5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977164. 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.