Wevertown, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12886. It lies near Mill Mountain. The Survey maps it on the North Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Wevertown between 2000 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PALMER POND |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | WASHER HILL |
| 12 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wevertown: 7 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oven Mountain Mine | Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1897, 1925 | |
| Rowland Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Quartz | Past Producer | 1837, 1900, 1910 | |
| Warrensburg Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rowland Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Johnsburg Deposit | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Oven Mountain Deposit | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Rexford Deposit | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Rexford Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1892, 1897 | |
| Sander Brothers Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1907, 1912, 1925 | |
| Wevertown Deposit | Garnet | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wevertown in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2010 | Flood | Wevertown | $25,000 | A bridge was reported washed out on Harrington Road in Johnsburg due to a possible beaver dam break along Johnson Brook. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnsburg | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Riparius | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Sodom | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Holcombville | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| Bakers Mills | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| North Creek | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| The Glen | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Edwards Hill | 5.5 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wevertown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7990216 | The 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 970960. 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.









