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Cedar Bluffs, 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 Kayaderosseras Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quaker Springs quadrangle.

Cedar Bluffs 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 Cedar Bluffs, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Cedar Bluffs, 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

222 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Bluffs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined103
Debris and open burning32
Natural22
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
5 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresSaratoga National Historical ParkGROZNIAK
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
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
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Bluffs: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Quartz, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
East Jamaica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maple Ave QuarryDolomite, QuartzProducer1925
Normanskill GritsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1925

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Bluffs in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluffs-Trees and wires were down on Wright Town Road.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindCedar Bluffs-Large trees and a power pole were reported down along Route 9P in Saratoga Lake as a result of thunderstorm winds. The wind was measured at 70 MPH.

Every storm 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
Saratoga Lake0.9 miles27
Waters Edge1.2 miles27
East Ridge1.4 miles27
Regatta View1.4 miles27
Interlaken1.5 miles27
Maple Shade1.6 miles27
Woodlands1.6 miles27
Deans Corners2.0 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946100. 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.