Wilmington, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wilmington town. It lies in ZIP code area 12997. It stands on Stephenson Brook. The Survey maps it on the Wilmington quadrangle.

Wilmington within Essex County

Then and now

1896 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilmington, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Wilmington, surveyed 1896

On record in Wilmington

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

Wilmington Bridgelisted 1999

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1896 USGS Lake Placid quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Lake Placid quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1953 USGS Lake Placid quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Wilmington quadrangle1:25000
1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

82 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Wilmington between 1993 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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	32
Natural	13
Recreation and ceremony	10
Debris and open burning	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Smoking	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	New York Forest Rangers	FAIRVIEW TERRACE
9 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
25 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.9 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 2007	Natural	3.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
18 August 2002	Smoking	6.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	WHITEFACE GONDOLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wilmington: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unnamed Prospect	Iron	Occurrence	Replacement
Unnamed Quarry	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer	1910, 1950
Wilmington Prospect	Graphite	Occurrence	Surface
Wilmington Prospect	Graphite	Prospect
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Crowley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Demacy Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Straight Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Essex County

Storms near this place

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmington in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 2011	Flood	Wilmington	$3,000,000	Runoff from heavy rain and snowmelt caused flooding along the East and West Branches of the Ausable River, as well as the upper reaches of the Boquet River. The West Branch of the Ausable flooded route 86 between Lake Placid and Wilmington Village, and portions of River Road in Lake Placid. The East Branch of the Ausable flooded Route 9N from Jay Village to Ausable Forks, Carey Road, Straight Road, Clark Road, and Stickney Bridge Road. In Ausable Forks village, water flooded the Grand Union parking lot, and approached Garso Lane. The river gage on the East Branch of the Ausable River at Ausable Forks went above its flood stage of 7 feet at 20:57 EST on April 26, and crested at 10.20 feet at 05:30 EST on April 27. The Boquet River flooded Route 9 near New Russia. There were also numerous road washouts from smaller creeks and streams across the area.
October 2019	Flood	Wilmington	$100,000	A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain fell across Essex county during the afternoon of October 31st into the early morning hours of November 1st. These rains fell across previously saturated soils. Between 830 pm and 130 am, three convective rounds of heavy rain showers with observed rainfall of 1/2 to 1 inch per hour, traversed the same areas. Flooding developed quickly as the second round of heavy rain moved across between 1030 pm and Midnight. It was exacerbated with the final round just after midnight creating widespread flash flooding during the early morning hours of November 1st. In addition during the early morning hours of November 1st, the Au Sable River and it's watershed had considerable flooding. More than 5 dozen roads were flooded and closed to traffic with several dozen partially or completely washed out along the eastern foothills of the Adirondacks east toward Lake Champlain from Schroon Lake north to Elizabethtown. Several major roads including Routes 30,8,9N and 73 were impacted. several homes and businesses flooded and damaged as a result of this event.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Wilmington	$25,000	Trees downed by thunderstorms winds in Wilmington, including Route 86 and Springfield road. Motorcyclist hit fallen tree on road and died from his injuries.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Wilmington	$5,000	Several trees downed along Route 86 near Wilmington.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wilmington	$5,000	Trees and power lines down along Route 72 between Wilmington and Franklin Falls.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Wilmington	$5,000	no account filed
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Wilmington	$5,000	no account filed
November 2019	Flood	Wilmington	$1,500	A widespread 2 to 4 inches of rain fell across Essex county during the afternoon of October 31st into the early morning hours of November 1st. These rains fell across previously saturated soils. Between 830 pm and 130 am, three convective rounds of heavy rain showers with observed rainfall of 1/2 to 1 inch per hour, traversed the same areas. Flooding developed quickly as the second round of heavy rain moved across between 1030 pm and Midnight. It was exacerbated with the final round just after midnight creating widespread flash flooding during the early morning hours of November 1st. In addition during the early morning hours of November 1st, the Au Sable River and it's watershed had considerable flooding. More than 5 dozen roads were flooded and closed to traffic with several dozen partially or completely washed out along the eastern foothills of the Adirondacks east toward Lake Champlain from Schroon Lake north to Elizabethtown. Several major roads including Routes 30,8,9N and 73 were impacted. several homes and businesses flooded and damaged as a result of this event.
July 2007	Hail	Wilmington	-	Quarter size hail reported in Wilmington.

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Pole	2.0 miles	27
Haselton	3.0 miles	27
Upper Jay	4.2 miles	28
Jay	4.7 miles	24
North Jay	7.6 miles	24
Rome	7.6 miles	24
Whiteface Landing	7.7 miles	28
Au Sable Forks	8.3 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971396. 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.