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Willisville, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Parishville town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. It stands on O'Malley Brook. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle.

Willisville within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willisville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Willisville, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

121 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Willisville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Willisville: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Zinc. 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
Brown's School ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Pierrepont MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1979, 1982
Clafin School DepositIronProspect
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Clarkson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Potsdam Red Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Potsdam Sandstone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Bicknell Brothers S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank Randall Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
West Parishville1.6 miles18
Coney Island2.0 miles18
Hannawa Falls2.2 miles18
High Flats2.6 miles18
Colton2.8 miles18
Wildwood2.9 miles18
Parishville Center3.5 miles19
Sinclair Corner4.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 977280. 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.