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Valcour, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Peru town. It lies in ZIP code area 12972. It stands on Silver Stream. The Survey maps it on the Keeseville quadrangle.

Valcour within Clinton County

Then and now

1894 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valcour, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Valcour, surveyed 1894

On record in Valcour

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

139 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Valcour between 2001 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning15
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2012Natural1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 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 Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Valcour: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium. 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
Port Kent Beach Sand DepositTitanium, IronOccurrence
Bluff Point QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Bluff Point QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #1Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cliff Haven Quarry #2Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Le Zotte QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valcour in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Flash FloodValcour$300,000Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding in areas of Peru New York. Road washouts were reported on River Road, other town and state roads were flooded, and high water entered some homes.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindValcour$10,000Trees and wires down at Ausable Point campground.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindValcour$5,000A wet microburst downed trees and wires at AuSable Point campground and Wharf way.
June 2024HailValcour-Numerous hail with some hail the size of a quarter.
June 2017HailValcour-Quarter size hail reported.
June 2016HailValcour-Penny size hail fell at AuSable campground.

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
South Junction2.1 miles29
Salmon River (historical)2.7 miles29
South Plattsburgh3.3 miles29
Laphams Mills3.4 miles19
Cliff Haven3.7 miles29
Clinton Park (historical)4.0 miles29
Parc4.3 miles29
Pleasant Ridge Corners4.5 miles29

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122561806The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973185. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.