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Burgoyne, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Saratoga town. It lies in ZIP code area 12866. It stands on Sucker Brook. The Survey maps it on the Quaker Springs quadrangle.

Burgoyne within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Burgoyne, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Burgoyne, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

215 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Burgoyne between 1994 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined105
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural15
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Burgoyne: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Normanskill GritsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1925
Schuylerville DepositSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Stark Knob QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence1910, 1925
East Jamaica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansevoort PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansevoort Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga 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
Gates1.3 miles27
Highland Hills1.9 miles27
Scidmore Woods2.0 miles27
Brookview2.2 miles27
Hearthwood North2.3 miles27
Grangerville2.5 miles26
Knoll Spring Park2.6 miles27
Deans Corners2.9 miles27

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 Q122564065The 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 972284. 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.