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One of 52 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2019 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Dresden District School No. 2
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
The listing
- Address. North Rd., Clemons, 12819
- When was it listed? April 2019
- Category. building
- Town. Dresden town
- National Register reference number. 100003631 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Dresden District School No. 2 between 1993 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | JABE POND ISLAND FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LAPLAND POND |
| 30 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | 1.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | ARCADY BAY |
| 18 August 2002 | Other causes | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | CRUSHER HILL FIRE |
| 11 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | JABE POND |
| 8 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BLACK MOUNTAIN #2 |
Mines and quarries near this property
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dresden District School No. 2: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Slate, Dimension, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Leaf Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Eastern Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| General Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Al Jean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clemons, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Clemons | $1,000 | Flooded roadway was reported near State Route 22 and Blue Goose Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | A tree was reported down across Pike Brook Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | A tree was downed at Blue Goose Road and Route 22. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | Power lines were reported down due to thunderstorms winds at the corner of State Route 22 and Lake Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clemons | - | Multiple trees were reported down in Clemons due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 1893 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500 - 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Putnam quadrangle1:24000 - 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.C. Simonds Adirondack Cabin | 3.5 miles | 2010 | |
 | Hiram Congdon House | 4.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Main Street Historic District | 7.4 miles | 1975 |
 | Whitehall Fire Station | 7.5 miles | 2018 |
 | Judge Joseph Potter House | 7.5 miles | 1974 |
 | US Post Office-Whitehall | 7.5 miles | 1989 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100003631 in Record Group 79. |
| Washington County | All 52 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.