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Werrenrath Camp

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1915.

From the record

One of 53 National Register listings published here for Clinton County · listed in 2010 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 2 objectss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 55 Island Dr, Dannemora, 12935
  • When was it listed? November 2010
  • Category. building
  • Town. Dannemora town
  • Architect. Lionel Moses
  • National Register reference number. 10000943 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

17 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Werrenrath Camp between 2003 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 June 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 June 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 May 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this property

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Werrenrath Camp: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
AverillIronPast Producer
Averill MineIronPast Producer1842, 1885
Ellis MineIronPast Producer
Ellis Ore BedIronPast Producer
La Mar PitsIronPast Producer
Lo Mar MineIronPast Producer
Parkhurst MineIronPast Producer1889, 1892
Parkhurst MineIronPast Producer1889

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this property

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dannemora, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Flash FloodDannemora$45,000Brook overflowed onto Cook Street, which resulted in flooded road as well as lawns and basement.
July 2023Flash FloodDannemora$25,000County EM reported flash flooding and a washout at the corner of Nashville Rd. and Pickett's Corner Rd. 2 to 3 inches of rain were reliably observed in this area.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDannemora$25,000Numerous trees down in northwest Clinton county including Dannemora.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindDannemora$20,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindDannemora$10,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDannemora$10,000Numerous branches and a few trees down and an 40 foot amateur radio antenna downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDannemora$10,000Tree downed by thunderstorm winds across pickup truck.
June 1998Flash FloodDannemora$10,000no account filed
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDannemora$5,000Scattered trees down.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindDannemora$5,000Several trees downed on power lines along Ryan road in Saranac.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDannemora$2,000Tree down on utility line on Mountain View Road.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindDannemora$2,000Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds on Bucks Corner road.
May 2005HailDannemora$1,000no account filed
June 2012HailDannemora-Penny size hail reported.
July 2012HailDannemora-Quarter size hail on Emmons street.
July 2005HailDannemora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief4.5 miles1991
Lyon Mountain Railroad Station5.8 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000943 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clinton CountyAll 53 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.