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West Plattsburgh, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Plattsburgh town. It lies in ZIP code area 12962. It stands on Patterson Brook. The Survey maps it on the Morrisonville quadrangle.

West Plattsburgh within Clinton County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 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 Plattsburgh, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Plattsburgh, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of West Plattsburgh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined167
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning18
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2004Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2014Missing 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

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of West Plattsburgh: 13 past producers, 7 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Rand Hill Region AnorthositeAluminum, Silica, Iron, Water, Free, Sodium, CalciumProspectSurface
Plattsburgh Quarry #3Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plattsburgh Quarry #4Limestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pallette QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Plattsburgh Quarries IncLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1956, 1964
Plattsburgh QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plattsburgh Quarry #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plattsburgh Quarry #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working 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
Morrisonville1.5 miles19
Woods Mills2.8 miles19
Beartown3.1 miles24
Cadyville3.5 miles19
West Beekmantown4.0 miles24
Halseys Corners5.3 miles29
Elsinore5.4 miles19
Pleasant Ridge Corners5.6 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970842. 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.