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Bon Acre, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sand Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12018. It sits by Crystal Cliff. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle.

Bon Acre within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bon Acre, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bon Acre, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

314 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Bon Acre between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 71 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/undetermined149
Arson/incendiarism71
Debris and open burning51
Natural17
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2005Missing 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
10 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bon Acre: 10 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reid PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reid PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Rensselaer 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
Averill Park1.4 miles30
West Sand Lake1.7 miles30
Sand Lake1.9 miles30
Maple Grove2.1 miles30
Glass Lake2.6 miles30
Snyders Corner3.0 miles30
Sliters3.2 miles30
Poestenkill3.2 miles30

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122558065The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2513214. 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.