Coila, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12816. It stands on Cambridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle.
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 27 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 Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 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
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Coila between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coila: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Creek Pb Mine | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coila in 9 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | A tree was downed on Irish Lane in the Town of Cambridge. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | A tree and wires were downed on English Road in the Town of Cambridge. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | Multiple trees were downed in the Town of Cambridge. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | There was a report of trees down blocking Coila Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Coila | - | King Road was closed at County Road 59 due to flooding. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | Wires were downed. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | Dozens of large limbs and trees were downed, uprooted, and snapped in a two mile-long swath through the village of Cambridge. Some trees fell onto houses. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coila | - | Trees and wires reported down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Ravenwood Estates | 1.5 miles | 29 | |
| The Plains | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| North Cambridge | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Ash Grove | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Center Cambridge | 4.1 miles | 29 | |
| Archdale | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Hill | 4.5 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947011. 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.











