Bald Mountain, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenwich town. It lies in ZIP code area 12834. It stands on Bald Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fort Miller quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Fort Miller quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ft Miller quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
168 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Bald Mountain between 1994 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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 | 85 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Bald Mountain: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schuylerville Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Peckham Materials Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stark Knob Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | 1910, 1925 | |
| Bald Mountain Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Middle Falls Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | Dolomite, Limestone | |
| Plant Number 31 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1845 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1845 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1845 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Mills | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Middle Falls | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Thomson | 2.4 miles | 27 | |
| Fort Miller | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Spraguetown | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Greenwich | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| North Greenwich | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lick Springs | 3.9 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942857. 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.











