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Allentown, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Day town. It lies in ZIP code area 12835. It lies near Waite Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Conklingville quadrangle.

Allentown within Saratoga County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The same ground, 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 of Allentown, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Allentown, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Allentown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 53 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined23
Natural16
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWAITE MOUNTAIN FIRE
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Allentown: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Granite, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Overlook QuarryFeldsparOccurrence1922
Sacandaga Graphite CoGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1906, 1918, 1925
Sacandaga Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1922, 1975

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Conklingville1.2 miles24
Overlook2.3 miles24
Day Center3.5 miles23
Lake View4.0 miles23
Hadley5.7 miles25
West Day7.3 miles23
Corinth8.5 miles27
Tenantville9.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972161. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.