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Bolton, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bolton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12814. It stands on Huddle Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bolton Landing quadrangle.

Bolton within Warren County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bolton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bolton, surveyed 1897

On record in Bolton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 30 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Bolton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony35
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning18
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersTONGUE MOUNTAIN FIRE
8 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersLACZKO POINT FIRE
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Recreation and ceremony36 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersDOG FIRE
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

21 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bolton in 21 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBolton3 hurtPark/Forest Service personnel reported trees blown down on Lake George's Big Burn Island and Hatchett Island. Minor injuries were occurred when a tree fell on a tent.
December 2023FloodBolton$20,000Trout Lake Road (Route 48) in Bolton was impacted by flooding.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindBolton$20,000no account filed
December 2023FloodBolton$10,000Route 9N was closed in both directions between Padenarum Road in the Town of Bolton to Sabbath Day Point Road in the Town of Hague due to flooding.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBolton$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBolton$5,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBolton$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBolton-A 911 call center reported trees down on wires along Coolidge Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBolton-A 911 call center reported a tree and wires down along Lake Shore Drive near Loomis Lane.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBolton-A 911 call center reported a downed tree blocking the road along East Schroon River Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBolton-Multiple trees were downed across Bolton.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBolton-A tree fell on wires near Bolton Landing.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBolton-A tree was downed near Bolton Landing.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBolton-Trees and wires were reported down in Bolton due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBolton-Trees and branches were downed along Route 9N in the town of Bolton due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindBolton-A tree was reported down and on a house in the Basin Bay section of Bolton Landing due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBolton-Trees and wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds on Route 9N in Bolton.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBolton-Several trees were reported down in Bolton due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Funnel CloudBolton-Public submitted pictures of a funnel cloud over Lake George.
June 2005Flash FloodBolton-Intersection of Sawmill Road, Federal Hill Road and New Vermont Roadflooded by Indian Brook.
August 2004Flash FloodBolton-One half mile of Valley Road washed out. One half mile of East River Road washed out.

Every storm 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
Bolton Landing1.6 miles30
Pilot Knob2.5 miles30
Diamond Point4.1 miles29
Cleverdale4.3 miles29
North Bolton4.6 miles30
Rockhurst4.6 miles29
Riverbank5.7 miles30
Brayton6.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944409. 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.

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.