Cleverdale, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Queensbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12845. It lies near Long Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1895 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1938 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Cleverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 11 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | SPLIT KNOB FIRE |
| 11 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LACKEY ROAD |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cleverdale: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallorys Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mount Hope Mine | Iron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1879, 1881 | |
| Potter Mine | Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron | Past Producer | 1879 | |
| Mount Hope Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Podunk Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1869, 1872 | |
| Podunk Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Potter Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleverdale in 3 storm reports in 2007: 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Cleverdale | - | Quarter size hail was reported in the Warner Bay portion of Lake George, near Cleverdale. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleverdale | - | Numerous trees were downed by high winds during a thunderstorm in Cleverdale, adjacent to Warner Bay in Lake George. Other trees were reported down in Bolton.|| |
| July 2007 | Hail | Cleverdale | - | Nickel size hail was reported by a National Weather Service employee on Lake George, near Cleverdale. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhurst | 0.4 miles | 29 | |
| Brayton | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Diamond Point | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Pilot Knob | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Bolton | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Crosbyside | 5.0 miles | 29 | |
| Lake George | 5.1 miles | 29 | |
| Bolton Landing | 5.6 miles | 30 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cleverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740153 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946862. 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.











