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Country Acres, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kingsbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12839. The Survey maps it on the Hudson Falls quadrangle.

Country Acres within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Country Acres, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Country Acres, surveyed 1895

On record in Country Acres

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

370 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of Country Acres between 1996 and 2020, burning about 269 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined189
Arson/incendiarism68
Smoking32
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.9 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Smoking1.1 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Country Acres: 10 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Morgan Lumber & Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1882, 1975
Chestertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glen Falls Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chestertown QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jointa Stone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandy Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Chesterton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Hudson Falls1.8 miles29
Vaughns Corners3.3 miles29
Kingsbury3.5 miles29
Fort Edward4.0 miles29
Pattens Mills4.3 miles28
King Edward Knolls4.5 miles29
Tripoli4.6 miles28
Adamsville5.4 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2499832. 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.