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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.

Clarks Mills within Washington 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 Mills, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Clarks Mills, surveyed 1900

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

182 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined92
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schuylerville DepositSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Stark Knob QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence1910, 1925
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1845

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 2005

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022Thunderstorm WindClarks Mills-A tree and wires were downed on Old Schuylerville Road near the Village of Schuylerville.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindClarks Mills-Trees and wires were down on County Route 113.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindClarks Mills-Trees and wires were downed on County Road 113.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClarks Mills-Trees and wires were reported down on Old Schuylerville Road in the town of Greenwich due to thunderstorm winds.
November 2006FloodClarks 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 2005Flash FloodClarks Mills-County Route 113 closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Thomson0.9 miles27
Bald Mountain1.8 miles27
Middle Falls2.6 miles26
Fort Miller3.0 miles27
Greenwich4.2 miles27
Spraguetown4.9 miles27
North Greenwich5.2 miles27
Lick Springs5.3 miles27

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.