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Bacon Hill, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Northumberland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12871. The Survey maps it on the Fort Miller quadrangle.

Bacon Hill within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bacon Hill, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bacon Hill, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Bacon Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 166 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural9
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bacon Hill: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, 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
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Stark Knob QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence1910, 1925
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Schuylerville DepositSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed DepositSilicaPast Producer1922, 1927

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

10 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bacon Hill in 10 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-A tree and wires were reported down at Route 32 and Callahan Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-A large tree was downed near the intersection of Route 32 and Rugg Road in Northumberland.
September 2021Flash FloodBacon Hill-An emergency manager reported an estimated three feet of water on the road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-Trees and wires were downed in Northumberland.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-A tree was downed onto wires north of Dunkin Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-A tree was downed on King Road due to thunderstorms.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-A tree was reported down on power lines at the intersection of Lindsey Road and Colebrook Road in Gansevoort due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBacon Hill-Trees and wires were downed in Gansevoort due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2021HailBacon Hill-no account filed
July 2021HailBacon Hill-no account filed

Every storm 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
Northumberland1.0 miles27
Starks Knob1.3 miles26
Grangerville2.1 miles26
Forest Hills2.4 miles28
Schuylerville2.6 miles26
Queens Court3.0 miles28
Terrel Hills3.0 miles28
Castlewood3.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942764. 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.

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.