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One of 53 National Register listings published here for Clinton County · listed in 2014 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
U.S. Inspection Station-Mooers, New York
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. 1 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1977.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. U.S. Inspection Station--Mooers, New York - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. NY 22, Mooers, 12919
- When was it listed? September 2014
- Category. building
- Also known as. U.S. Border Inspection Stations MPS
- Town. Champlain town
- National Register reference number. 14000572 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
139 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of U.S. Inspection Station-Mooers, New York between 2001 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 35 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 | 67 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of U.S. Inspection Station-Mooers, New York: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champlain Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Champlain Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Champlain Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this property
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mooers, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Mooers | $30,000 | Heavy rain caused brook to overflow onto Woodfalls road and other roads in and around Mooers. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Mooers | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | $5,000 | Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds as well as one inch diameter hail reported. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | $5,000 | Trees and utility lines down caused by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Hemmingford road and North Star road. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | $5,000 | Several small trees down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | $5,000 | Trees blown down on roads. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mooers | - | Hail reported with estimated hail size of a quarter (one-inch in diameter). In addition, strong winds knocked down a few trees. |
| August 2020 | Heavy Rain | Mooers | - | Heavy rainfall of 2-3+ inches was observed across Clinton county, including the following;|Chazy with 3.11 inches, Peru with 3.09 inches and Plattsburgh with 2.51 inches. ||Basically 20 miles either side of line drawn in the locations section. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mooers | - | Large tree branches downed, power outage as well as patio furniture moved by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Mooers | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Mooers | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Mooers | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Mooers | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
1 surveyUnited 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.
- 1977 USGS Champlain Port of Entry quadrangle1:25000
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Inspection Station-Rouses Point (Overton Corners), New York | 2.6 miles | 2014 | |
 | Rouses Point Railroad Station | 4.1 miles | 2005 |
 | U.S. Inspection Station-Rouses Point (St. John's Highway), New York | 4.2 miles | 2014 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000572 in Record Group 79. |
| Clinton County | All 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.