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Brayton, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Queensbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12804. It lies near Happy Family Islands. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle.

Brayton within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brayton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Brayton, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

150 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Brayton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined57
Natural19
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use4
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
28 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersFRENCH MOUNTAIN #1
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersLACKEY ROAD
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Debris and open burningunder 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

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Brayton: 9 producers, 6 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar. 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
Mount Hope MineIron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1879, 1881
Potter MineSulfur-Pyrite, IronPast Producer1879
Mount Hope MineIronPast Producer
Podunk MineIronPast Producer1869, 1872
Podunk MineIronPast Producer
Potter MineIronPast Producer
Elms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mallorys 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
Rockhurst1.7 miles29
Cleverdale2.0 miles29
Diamond Point3.8 miles29
Crosbyside4.4 miles29
Pilot Knob4.5 miles30
Lake George4.9 miles29
Queensbury5.1 miles28
Oneida Corners5.2 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972256. 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.