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.
Then and now
1895 to 1986The 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.


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
Edgewater Farmlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Bay quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 17 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 August 2002 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | SHANTY BROOK FIRE |
| 18 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 July 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Hill Quarry | Wollastonite, Garnet | Past Producer | 1810, 1939, 1982 | |
| Fox Knoll | Garnet, Wollastonite | Producer | Grossularite, Wollastonite | |
| Irvin Calkins Graphite Prospect | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Cabot Minerals Div. Deposit | Wollastonite | Past Producer | ||
| Elsworth Diopside Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y. | Wollastonite, Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Mount Bigelow Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1905, 1914, 1950 | |
| Northern Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1880, 1890 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willsboro | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Port Douglass | 5.7 miles | 27 | |
| Essex | 6.9 miles | 27 | |
| Boquet | 7.4 miles | 27 | |
| Reber | 8.0 miles | 27 | |
| Port Kent | 8.4 miles | 29 | |
| Craterclub | 8.5 miles | 27 | |
| Keeseville | 8.6 miles | 29 |
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.








