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West Fowler, New York

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fowler town. It lies in ZIP code area 13642. The Survey maps it on the Gouverneur quadrangle.

West Fowler within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1915 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 70 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 Fowler, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of West Fowler, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

99 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of West Fowler between 1998 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning9
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
18 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2020Natural3.4 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of West Fowler: 29 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Balmat No. 2, 3, and 4 minesZinc, Lead, Sulfur-Pyrite, SilverPast Producer1838, 1930, 2008
Caledonia ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Gouverneur QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Gouverneur Talc DepositTalc-Soapstone, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Kilburn MineSulfurOccurrence
Kilburn ProspectSulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, ZincOccurrence
Gouverneur QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rylestone QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parker DepositZincOccurrenceStratabound
Caledonia MineIronPast Producer1815

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this place

1 since 2025

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names West Fowler in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 2025Thunderstorm WindWest Fowler$1,000In addition to the observed wind gusts, there were several branches broken from trees and yard debris thrown around.

Every storm 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
Hailesboro2.9 miles15
Balmat3.3 miles18
Fowler3.5 miles15
Pikes Corner3.5 miles19
Spragueville4.5 miles19
Keenes4.8 miles19
Gouverneur4.8 miles15
Emeryville4.8 miles14

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 Q122555670The 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 977202. 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.