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Duane, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Duanesburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12053. The Survey maps it on the Duanesburg quadrangle.

Duane within Schenectady County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Duane, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Duane, surveyed 1895

On record in Duane

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

10 surveys from 25 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Duane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. 9 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural9
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Duane: 1 producer. 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
Masic PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
Duanesburg0.9 miles25
Duane Lake2.2 miles26
Delanson2.2 miles21
Quaker Street2.4 miles21
Kelleys4.6 miles26
Princetown4.8 miles26
Mariaville Lake5.0 miles25
Mariaville5.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948711. 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.