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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.

Carmen Courts within Albany 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 Carmen Courts, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Carmen Courts, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

657 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined325
Arson/incendiarism175
Smoking41
Natural35
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 2,599 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Carex vestita, not of this specimenCarex vestita Willd.1811P. D. KnieskernNear Schenectady.
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Quercus rubra, not of this specimenQuercus rubra L.1843Pearson, I.
A photograph of the species Solanum dulcamara, not of this specimenSolanum dulcamara L.1844Pearson, J.Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York].
A photograph of the species Spergula arvensis, not of this specimenSpergula arvensis L.1844Pearson, J.Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York].
A photograph of the species Vicia sativa, not of this specimenVicia sativa subsp. nigra Ehrh.1844Pearson, J.Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York.]
Alismatales1845Pearson, J.Schenectadiæ, Nov. Ebor. [=Schenectady, New York].
A photograph of the species Silene noctiflora, not of this specimenSilene noctiflora L.1846Pearson, J.Prope Schenectadiam, Nov. Ebor. [=Near Schenectady, New York].
Pyrenopeziza multipuncta (Peck) Sacc.1847C. H. Peck

All 2,599 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Guilderland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leto Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wagner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany 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
Fort Hunter0.3 miles30
Fullers1.4 miles30
Parkers Corners2.4 miles30
Hartmans Corners2.4 miles30
Guilderland2.8 miles30
Guilderland Center2.9 miles30
Stanford Heights3.3 miles33
Lisha Kill3.9 miles33

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 Q122545100The 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.