Burnt Hills, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ballston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12027. It stands on La Rue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hills quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Burnt Hills
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
Calvary Episcopal Churchlisted 2017
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1930 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Burnt Hills quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
335 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Burnt Hills between 1995 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined | 195 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burnt Hills: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Scotia Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Scotia Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnt Hills in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | $6,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | $5,000 | Strong winds blew down a transformer. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm struck southern Saratoga and eastern Schenectady Counties during the afternoon of August 20th resulting in downed trees and powerlines and large hail. The severe thunderstorm left thousands of customers in the area without power. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | $1,500 | A tree was downed on a house in Orchard Park. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | - | Tree and wires downed at Charlton Road and Goode Street. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | - | A tree was reported down on Goode Street in Ballston Center as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | - | Trees were reported down on Lake Hill Road in Burnt Hills due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | - | Three trees were reported down just northeast of Burnt Hills due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnt Hills | - | Wires and one tree were reported down in Burnt Hills due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 1994 | Hail | Burnt Hills | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitwood Acres | 0.9 miles | 34 | |
| Garrison Manor | 0.9 miles | 34 | |
| Orchard Park | 1.3 miles | 34 | |
| Ballston Lake | 1.4 miles | 32 | |
| Tucker Heights | 2.2 miles | 34 | |
| Vienna Heights | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Komar Park | 2.7 miles | 34 | |
| Ballston Center | 3.6 miles | 32 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Burnt Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14706208 | The 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 945251. 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.
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.















