Clarks Mills, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenwich town. It lies in ZIP code area 12834. It stands on Batten Kill. The Survey maps it on the Schuylerville quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1989The 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.


On record in Clarks Mills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Thomson District No. 10 Schoollisted 2024 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1900 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Clarks Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 194 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Clarks Mills: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Silica, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgoyne Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | Stratiform | |
| Peckham Materials Corp. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Schuylerville Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stark Knob Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | 1910, 1925 | |
| Bald Mountain Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Limestone | |
| Middle Falls Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | Dolomite, Limestone | |
| Plant Number 31 | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1845 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1845 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1845 |
Storms near this place
6 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarks Mills in 6 storm reports between 2005 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarks Mills | - | A tree and wires were downed on Old Schuylerville Road near the Village of Schuylerville. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarks Mills | - | Trees and wires were down on County Route 113. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarks Mills | - | Trees and wires were downed on County Road 113. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarks Mills | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Old Schuylerville Road in the town of Greenwich due to thunderstorm winds. |
| November 2006 | Flood | Clarks Mills | - | The Hudson River at Schuylerville exceeded its flood stage of 90.0 feet at 2:30 PM EST on November 17th, crested at 90.7 feet at 7 AM EST on November 20th, before dropping back below flood stage at 8:20 PM EST on November 20th. |
| March 2005 | Flash Flood | Clarks Mills | - | County Route 113 closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomson | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| Bald Mountain | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Middle Falls | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Fort Miller | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Greenwich | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Spraguetown | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| North Greenwich | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Lick Springs | 5.3 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946785. 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.











