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Crosbyside, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Lake George town. It lies in ZIP code area 12845. It stands on West Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle.

Crosbyside within Warren 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 Crosbyside, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Crosbyside, surveyed 1895

On record in Crosbyside

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 6 records

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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Crosbyside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 444 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined95
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking27
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony23
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor11

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkPROSPECT MOUNTAIN
24 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersFRENCH MOUNTAIN #1
24 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Crosbyside: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Elms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mallorys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mclaughlin Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mclaughtin Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
O'Conner Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ridge Road No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Lake George1.0 miles29
Big Hollow3.3 miles24
French Mountain3.4 miles27
Diamond Point4.2 miles29
Brayton4.4 miles29
Lake Sunnyside4.4 miles27
Oneida Corners4.6 miles29
Paradise Beach4.7 miles27

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.

Wikidata item Q122594293The 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 947798. 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.