Whallonsburg, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Essex town. It lies in ZIP code area 12936. It stands on Beaver Brook. The Survey maps it on the Willsboro quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
On record in Whallonsburg
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 1 record
Essex County Home and Farmlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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 Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Willsboro quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
64 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Whallonsburg between 2002 and 2020, burning about 55 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 | 37 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | SPLIT ROCK MT FIRE |
| 6 August 2015 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | SPLIT ROCK MT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Whallonsburg: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Limestone, General, Titanium, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Rock Graphite Prospect | Graphite, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Split Rock Mine | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Split Rock Mine | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Splitrock Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1885, 1890 | |
| Tupper Lake Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| L E Dempster Farm Prospect | Titanium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Snake Den Harbor Deposit | Titanium, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Essex Lower Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Essex Upper Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Gardiner's Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1895, 1925 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whallonsburg in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whallonsburg | $50,000 | Numerous trees and wires downed by apparent wet microburst between Wadham and Essex. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whallonsburg | $50,000 | Multiple trees downed and uprooted between Willsboro and Westport. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whallonsburg | $25,000 | Apparent wet microburst downed several trees, as well as blew out a window and caused other structural damage. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whallonsburg | $5,000 | Trees down on Algiers Road and boat overturned on Lake Champlain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boquet | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Craterclub | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Wadhams | 3.9 miles | 31 | |
| Essex | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Reber | 5.8 miles | 27 | |
| Westport | 5.8 miles | 31 | |
| Willsboro | 6.4 miles | 27 | |
| Stowersville | 6.5 miles | 23 |
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 Q122566055 | 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 970976. 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.









