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Clarkville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Edinburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. The Survey maps it on the Edinburg quadrangle.

Clarkville within Saratoga County

Then and now

1899 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clarkville, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Clarkville, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Clarkville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 159 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning20
Natural14
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 August 2004Debris and open burningunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clarkville: 8 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz. 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
Batchellerville Beryl MineBeryllium, Mica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Crushed Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Batchellerville Big PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Biotite PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Fluorite PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Jasper PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Lower PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Narrow PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Tourmaline PitFeldsparPast Producer

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
Edinburg1.8 miles24
Tenantville2.9 miles23
Batchellerville3.1 miles24
West Day3.3 miles23
Fox Hill5.4 miles24
Lake View6.6 miles23
Fayville6.7 miles24
Day Center7.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972321. 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.