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Durkeetown, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Fort Edward town. It lies in ZIP code area 12828. The Survey maps it on the Fort Miller quadrangle.

Durkeetown within Washington County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Durkeetown, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Durkeetown, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Durkeetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined94
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
29 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Durkeetown: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Iuliucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sandy Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durkeetown in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
September 2022Thunderstorm WindDurkeetown-Trees and wires were reported down on Cary Road in Fort Edward.
July 2021FloodDurkeetown-Water covered a portion of Cary Road in the Town of Fort Edward.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindDurkeetown-A house on Black House Road sustained roof damage due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDurkeetown-Trees were downed at the intersection of County Route 46 & Plum Road in Fort Edward due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm 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
Argyle2.2 miles27
King Edward Knolls2.6 miles29
Fort Edward3.1 miles29
North Argyle3.8 miles29
Lick Springs4.5 miles27
Hudson Falls4.7 miles29
South Argyle4.7 miles27
Goose Island5.8 miles29

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 Q122569860The 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 948836. 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.