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Clifton Park Center, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clifton Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 12065. The Survey maps it on the Niskayuna quadrangle.

Clifton Park Center within Saratoga County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clifton Park Center, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Clifton Park Center, surveyed 1893

On record in Clifton Park Center

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

478 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of Clifton Park Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 578 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 93 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/undetermined239
Arson/incendiarism93
Smoking35
Debris and open burning28
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2001Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clifton Park Center: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Crescent Clay PitClayProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

25 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton Park Center in 25 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was reported down on Northgate Court in Clifton Park.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A medium to large tree branch was downed near the corner of Chillmark Turn and Tisdale Lane in Clifton Park.
September 2023HailClifton Park Center-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail near Clifton Park.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Law Enforcement reported numerous trees down throughout the town of Clifton Park.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A few trees were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Several trees were downed on wires and a home on Locust Lane.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees were downed onto wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed across a road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto a house.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees and wires were downed across a road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto a house.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto service lines to a residence.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree and wires were downed onto a vehicle near Hemlock Drive and Clifton Park Center Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A tree was downed onto a vehicle.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Several large tree limbs were reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Reports of trees and wires down near Barney Road in Clifton Park.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees were downed in Clifton Park due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2015HailClifton Park Center-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm on Route 146 in Clifton Park.
May 2015Flash FloodClifton Park Center-Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flash flooding on Barney Road in Clifton Park. Nearly two inches of rain fell in under an hour. As a result of this heavy rainfall, water entered a business on Barney Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds along Route 146 in Clifton Park via Facebook.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A National Weather Service employee estimated a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph in Clifton Park.
September 2012Flash FloodClifton Park Center-Several roads in Clifton Park were reported to have been closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-A large tree limb was reported down near Route 146 in Clifton Park due to strong thunderstorm winds.
December 2008Heavy RainClifton Park Center-Heavy rain led to widespread ponding of water across southern and central Saratoga County. This was exacerbated by clogged storm drains, which were blocked by ice.||Areas which suffered from the greatest ponding of water included Clifton Park and Malta.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindClifton Park Center-Trees and wires were reported down in multiple locations in and near Clifton Park due to strong thunderstorm winds. Some of the reports included trees and wires down near the junction of Routes 146 and 146A in Jonesville, at the intersection of Kinns Road and Twilight Drive, and on Bruno Road.

Every storm 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
Flagler Corners1.4 miles33
Groom Corners2.0 miles33
Elnora2.4 miles32
Clifton Park2.7 miles33
Jonesville3.6 miles32
Rexford3.6 miles33
Midway Park4.0 miles31
Country Knolls4.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946879. 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.