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West Beekmantown, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Beekmantown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12992. The Survey maps it on the West Chazy quadrangle.

West Beekmantown within Clinton County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Beekmantown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Beekmantown, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of West Beekmantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined101
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism20
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Beekmantown: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, Calcium, Stone. 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
Clinton Co High, Dept. QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
Plattsburgh Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rand Hill Region AnorthositeAluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, CalciumProspectSurface
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Chauvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shelters PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Beekmantown GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Beekmantown SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Beekmantown in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2013FloodWest Beekmantown$25,000Heavy rainfall over the higher terrain of central Clinton County NY caused flooding of Military Turnpike (Route 190), closing it from Duley Road to Seymour Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWest Beekmantown$2,000A few large trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2007HailWest Beekmantown-Nickel size hail was reported in Plattsburgh, NY. In addition, small branches on trees were blown down.

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
Beartown1.6 miles24
Beekmantown3.3 miles28
West Plattsburgh4.0 miles19
West Chazy4.2 miles24
East Beekmantown4.7 miles28
Robinson4.8 miles24
Morrisonville5.4 miles19
Jericho5.9 miles24

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 Q122548316The 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 973222. 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.