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Coons, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Halfmoon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12118. It stands on Dwaas Kill. The Survey maps it on the Mechanicville quadrangle.

Coons 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 Coons, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Coons, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

360 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 360 fires within 5 miles of Coons between 1994 and 2020, burning about 457 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 61 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/undetermined183
Arson/incendiarism61
Smoking30
Debris and open burning26
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes1

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 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 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2001Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Coons: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. 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
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayProducer
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mechcanicville Clay PitClayProducer
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coons in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2020Tornado (EF1)Coons1 hurt, $35,000An EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph occurred in the town of Stillwater, NY, during the evening of August 29, 2020. Severe damage was done to a mobile home on Mc Dermott Road near the intersection with County Route 75. Several uprooted trees and downed large branches were also noted throughout this area. Witnesses had video of the storm indicating clear rotation and a tornado. This was a brief touchdown with a path length of approximately 0.25 miles and a width of 50 yards.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCoons-Power lines and poles were reported down near Route 67 and George Thompson Road near Mechanicville.

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
Willow Glen1.3 miles30
Ushers1.6 miles32
Lake Ridge1.7 miles32
Maltaville2.7 miles32
Round Lake2.7 miles32
Country Knolls3.1 miles32
Stillwater Junction3.3 miles30
John S Moore Homes3.3 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947385. 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.