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Carlyle West, New York

32 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 12019. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle.

Carlyle West within Saratoga 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 Carlyle West, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Carlyle West, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

305 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Carlyle West between 1995 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 62 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/undetermined145
Arson/incendiarism62
Debris and open burning26
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Carlyle West: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand 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
Burton Meadows0.5 miles32
Carlyle Court0.5 miles32
Northwood Estates0.9 miles32
Malta Meadows0.9 miles32
Jonesville1.8 miles32
Country Knolls2.0 miles32
Round Lake2.2 miles32
Marvin Woods2.3 miles32

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 Q122556514The 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 2462675. 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.