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Photograph of Sunday Rock
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Sunday Rock

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1908.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for St. Lawrence County · listed in 2010 · category: Object.

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 objectss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. NY 56, South Colton, 13687
  • When was it listed? December 2010
  • Category. object
  • Town. Colton town
  • National Register reference number. 10000990 - 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.

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Sunday Rock, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Sunday Rock, surveyed 1908

Fires near this property

58 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Sunday Rock between 2003 and 2020, burning about 73 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Smoking1
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
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sunday Rock: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Brown's School ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Clafin School OccurrenceIronOccurrence1885, 1895
Frank Randall Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huggard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huggard Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this property

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Colton, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindSouth Colton$5,000One large tree and numerous small trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindSouth Colton$5,000no account filed
November 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Colton$2,000Trees down along State Route 56.
July 2006HailSouth Colton-no account filed
July 2006HailSouth Colton-no account filed
July 1997HailSouth Colton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence County

Maps showing this location

10 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

4 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
Zion Episcopal Church and Rectory3.7 miles2003
Hepburn Library of Colton3.7 miles2012
Pierrepont Town Buildings6.1 miles1982
Gardner Cox House7.9 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 10000990 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Lawrence CountyAll 83 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.