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Diamond Point, 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 12824. It stands on Smith Brook. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle. It stands 331 feet above sea level.

Diamond Point 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 Diamond Point, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Diamond Point, surveyed 1895

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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Diamond Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined81
Debris and open burning28
Smoking22
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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
6 September 2015Smoking1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2009Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkPROSPECT MOUNTAIN
24 September 2014Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresNew York Forest RangersFRENCH MOUNTAIN #1
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren 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 Diamond Point: 2 producers. All of them 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
Mallorys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Toney PitSand 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
Cleverdale2.4 miles29
Rockhurst2.8 miles29
Brayton3.8 miles29
Lake George3.9 miles29
Pilot Knob4.0 miles30
Bolton4.1 miles30
Crosbyside4.2 miles29
Big Hollow4.8 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on Diamond PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48739662The 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 948420. 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.