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Willsboro, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Willsboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 12996. It stands on Brandywine Brook. The Survey maps it on the Willsboro quadrangle.

Willsboro within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Willsboro, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Willsboro, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

On record in Willsboro

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 7 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 27 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Willsboro between 1994 and 2020, burning about 111 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 1998Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 August 2002Natural3.0 acresNew York Forest RangersSHANTY BROOK FIRE
10 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire 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

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Willsboro: 18 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Wollastonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Garnet, Wollastonite. 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
Elsworth Diopside ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fox Hill QuarryWollastonite, GarnetPast Producer1810, 1939, 1982
Fox KnollGarnet, WollastoniteProducerGrossularite, Wollastonite
Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y.Wollastonite, GarnetUnknown
Irvin Calkins Graphite ProspectGraphiteProspect
Unnamed QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryGranitePast Producer
Willsboro MineEmeryPast ProducerEmery
Cabot Minerals Div. DepositWollastonitePast Producer
Jacques PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willsboro in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$25,000Damage to Willsboro Bay Marina as well as several large trees.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$20,000Several trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds across Willsboro.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$15,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$10,000Multiple trees reported downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$10,000Several reports of trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000Several trees up to half foot in diameter downed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindWillsboro$5,000no account filed
June 2002HailWillsboro-no account filed

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
Willsboro Point3.6 miles27
Boquet3.7 miles27
Essex3.9 miles27
Reber5.2 miles27
Craterclub5.3 miles27
Whallonsburg6.4 miles27
Crowningshield6.9 miles23
Deerhead8.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971383. 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.