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Woods Mills, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Schuyler Falls town. It lies in ZIP code area 12918. It stands on Sandburn Brook. The Survey maps it on the Morrisonville quadrangle.

Woods Mills within Clinton County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woods Mills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Woods Mills, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Woods Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined84
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning11
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Woods Mills: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Adcock No. 1 & 2 PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Adcott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Barcomb DevelopmentSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morrisonville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrisonville Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Old Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Salmon River Road QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Beekmantown GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Beekmantown SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clinton 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
Cadyville1.0 miles19
Morrisonville2.8 miles19
Elsinore2.8 miles19
West Plattsburgh2.8 miles19
Beartown4.9 miles24
Schuyler Falls5.3 miles19
Dannemora6.1 miles19
West Beekmantown6.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971709. 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.