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Willsboro Point, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Willsboro town. It lies in ZIP code area 12996. The Survey maps it on the Port Douglass quadrangle.

Willsboro Point within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 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 Point, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Willsboro Point, surveyed 1895

On record in Willsboro Point

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Willsboro Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined18
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
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
18 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 July 1995Natural2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Willsboro Point: 17 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Fox Hill QuarryWollastonite, GarnetPast Producer1810, 1939, 1982
Fox KnollGarnet, WollastoniteProducerGrossularite, Wollastonite
Irvin Calkins Graphite ProspectGraphiteProspect
Unnamed QuarryStonePast ProducerSurface
Unnamed QuarryGranitePast Producer
Cabot Minerals Div. DepositWollastonitePast Producer
Elsworth Diopside ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y.Wollastonite, GarnetUnknown
Mount Bigelow MineGarnetPast Producer1905, 1914, 1950
Northern QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1880, 1890

Every working 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
Willsboro3.6 miles27
Port Douglass5.7 miles27
Essex6.9 miles27
Boquet7.4 miles27
Reber8.0 miles27
Port Kent8.4 miles29
Craterclub8.5 miles27
Keeseville8.6 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971386. 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.