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One of 144 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
George T. Robinson House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1903.
The listing
- Listed as. Robinson, George T., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 15082 Bluff Island, Clayton, 13624
- When was it listed? April 2017
- Category. building
- Town. Clayton town
- Architect. Thorsten E. Billquist
- National Register reference number. 100000893 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
54 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of George T. Robinson House between 2002 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of George T. Robinson House: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Island Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Clayton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clayton Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Three Mile Bay Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Carlisle Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Clayton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Fargville Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lyme Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clayton, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $20,000 | Law enforcement reported utility poles and lines down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $5,000 | Trees and wires down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Clayton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $2,000 | Trees and wires were downed. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $2,000 | Trees and wires were reported down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clayton | $1,000 | Trees were reported down. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Clayton | - | Winds were estimated to 60 mph as well. |
Maps showing this location
5 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1903 USGS Grindstone quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Thousand Island Park quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Kingston quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Thousand Island Park quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cape Vincent quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Clayton Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 2.1 miles | 1997 |
 | Capt. Simon Johnston House | 2.2 miles | 1982 |
 | Clayton Historic District | 2.2 miles | 1985 |
 | Thousand Island Park Historic District | 2.6 miles | 2022 |
 | Rock Island Light Station | 2.7 miles | 1978 |
| Grindstone Island Upper Schoolhouse | 2.9 miles | 2012 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000893 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 144 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.