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Big Hollow, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lake George town. It lies in ZIP code area 12845. It lies near Shingle Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Warrensburg quadrangle.

Big Hollow within Warren 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 Big Hollow, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Big Hollow, 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Big Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined77
Smoking22
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony18
Natural15
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes1

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
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Smoking1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkPROSPECT MOUNTAIN
24 September 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersFRENCH MOUNTAIN #1
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 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 Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Big Hollow: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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
Unnamed OccurrenceGranitePast ProducerMetamorphic
Toney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Lake George2.4 miles29
Crosbyside3.3 miles29
Warrensburg4.5 miles24
Lake Vanare4.7 miles25
Diamond Point4.8 miles29
French Mountain5.4 miles27
Athol6.2 miles24
Fourth Lake6.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972232. 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.