Carmen Courts, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Guilderland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12303. The Survey maps it on the Voorheesville quadrangle.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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 Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1927 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Voorheesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
657 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 657 fires within 5 miles of Carmen Courts between 2000 and 2020, burning about 641 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 175 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 | 325 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 175 |
| Smoking | 41 |
| Natural | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,599 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,599 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carmen Courts between 1811 and 1975: 1,505 Animalia, 652 Fungi, 407 Plantae, 13 Chromista, 12 Protozoa, 6 Unrecorded, 4 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. E. Brower and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diplodia crataegi Fuckel | 1895 | Charles E. Fairman | |
![]() | Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1898 | Charles H. Peck | near Albany |
![]() | Coniothyrium Corda, 1840 | 1899 | not recorded | |
![]() | Carex vestita Willd. | 1811 | P. D. Knieskern | Near Schenectady. |
![]() | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. | 1830 | J. Torrey | Circa Albany |
![]() | Quercus rubra L. | 1843 | Pearson, I. | |
![]() | Solanum dulcamara L. | 1844 | Pearson, J. | Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York]. |
![]() | Spergula arvensis L. | 1844 | Pearson, J. | Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York]. |
![]() | Vicia sativa subsp. nigra Ehrh. | 1844 | Pearson, J. | Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York.] |
| Alismatales | 1845 | Pearson, J. | Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York]. | |
![]() | Silene noctiflora L. | 1846 | Pearson, J. | Prope Schenectadiam, Nov. Ebor. [=Near Schenectady, New York]. |
| Pyrenopeziza multipuncta (Peck) Sacc. | 1847 | C. H. Peck |
All 2,599 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Carmen Courts: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilderland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leto Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Olivers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stitts Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stitts Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wagner Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Hunter | 0.3 miles | 30 | |
| Fullers | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Parkers Corners | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Hartmans Corners | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Guilderland | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Guilderland Center | 2.9 miles | 30 | |
| Stanford Heights | 3.3 miles | 33 | |
| Lisha Kill | 3.9 miles | 33 |
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 Q122545100 | 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 2461050. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.























