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Hale Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.

From the record

One of 83 National Register listings published here for St. Lawrence County · listed in 2024 · category: Site.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 3366 County Route 47, Norfolk, 13668
  • When was it listed? 2024-08-09
  • Category. site
  • Town. Norfolk town
  • National Register reference number. 100010607 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Hale Cemetery, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Hale Cemetery, surveyed 1906

Fires near this property

205 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Hale Cemetery between 1994 and 2020, burning about 252 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined120
Arson/incendiarism40
Natural17
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2018Smoking3.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence 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 Hale Cemetery: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Barrett QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Norwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Norwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bicknell Brothers S & G Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Elmer Randall PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Elmer Randall PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Storms near this property

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norfolk, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 10 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 2008Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$100,000Numerous trees and power lines down across Norwood, Norfolk and North Stockholm. Several large 100-150 year old maple and oak trees fallen onto vehicles, homes and other structures.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$50,000no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$10,000Several reports of trees and power lines down in the Norfolk region.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$10,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$5,000A few trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$5,000A few trees and power lines down.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$2,000Trees ands wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$2,000Tree down on utility lines caused by thunderstorm winds.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$1,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNorfolk$1,000no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Lawrence County

Maps showing this location

11 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

6 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
Hepburn Library2.1 miles2004
Benjamin Gordon Baldwin House2.6 miles2004
Raymondville Parabolic Bridge4.0 miles1984
West Stockholm Historic District5.6 miles1979
First Presbyterian Church of Dailey Ridge5.8 miles2002
Chase Mills Inn7.6 miles1978

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100010607 in Record Group 79.
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.