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Clarks Corner, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moreau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12831. It stands on Cole Brook. The Survey maps it on the Gansevoort quadrangle.

Clarks Corner 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 Clarks Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Clarks Corner, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Clarks Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined102
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony18
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural11
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 YorkN/A
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2007Naturalunder 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clarks Corner: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Unnamed DepositSilicaPast Producer1922, 1927
Hudson Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Valley 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
Gansevoort1.8 miles28
Sandy Oaks2.0 miles28
Schuyler Heights2.1 miles28
Strawberry Acres2.1 miles28
Reynolds Corners2.1 miles27
Fortsville2.2 miles28
White Birch Estates2.3 miles27
Gregory Manor2.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946783. 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.