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Westport, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Westport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12993. It stands on Hoisington Brook. The Survey maps it on the Westport quadrangle.

Westport within Essex County

Then and now

1894 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Westport, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Westport, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Westport

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 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

51 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Westport between 1996 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined21
Natural9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2015Natural1.5 acresNew York Forest RangersSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
18 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Westport: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Titanium, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal, Iron. 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
Elizabethtown-Westport AreaIron, Titanium, Metal, VanadiumPast Producer
Split Rock MineTitanium, Metal, Iron, VanadiumOccurrence
Split Rock MineIron, Titanium, VanadiumPast Producer
Splitrock Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1890
Tupper Lake QuarryGranitePast Producer
Westport AreaTitanium, Metal, IronOccurrence
Snake Den Harbor DepositTitanium, IronOccurrence
Westport Area ProspectTitanium, IronProspect
Campbell DepositIronPast Producer1845, 1852

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westport in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWestport$125,000Extensive tree damage in Westport, including Stevenson road. Numerous trees snapped or uprooted onto utility lines, homes and other structures. Utility reported at least 40 poles needed to be replaced.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWestport$25,000Barn roof torn off along with significant tree and light structural damage at Camp Dudley.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWestport$25,000Trees downed throughout Westport, including Main Street near the County Fairgrounds. Trees and power lines down along Route 9N/22.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWestport$10,000Power lines and trees down along Route 22.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWestport$10,000Multiple trees down along Lakeshore Drive.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWestport$10,000Several trees and branches reported down along Route 9N just south of Westport.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000Tree on powerlines on Ledge Hill Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000Trees downed by thunderstorm winds on Worman Road.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000Large maple tree and other smaller trees down.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000Numerous tree branches and several trees down...including damage to a vehicle along Route 22 just south of Westport.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000Powerlines and large limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds in Westport.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWestport$5,000A warm front moved northeast through northern New York during the early morning hours of July 9th resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of the area. Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines in Gouverneur and trees and powerlines in Wadhams and Westport. In Canton lightning started a fire which destroyed a garage and three cars.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWestport$3,000no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWestport$1,000Several tree branches snapped by thunderstorm winds.
May 2015HailWestport-Quarter size hail reported.

Every storm recorded in Essex 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
Wadhams3.4 miles31
Whallonsburg5.8 miles27
Mineville7.7 miles28
Grover Hills8.4 miles28
Witherbee8.4 miles28
Stowersville8.4 miles23
Craterclub8.4 miles27
Boquet8.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 970942. 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.