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East Galway, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Galway town. It lies in ZIP code area 12850. It lies near Baptist Hill. The Survey maps it on the Middle Grove quadrangle.

East Galway within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Galway, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of East Galway, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of East Galway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 304 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning22
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of East Galway: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pompa Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompmpi Brothers QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock City Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1917, 1925
Tri-Town Gravel FacilitySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-Town Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Galway in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Galway-Large tree limbs were reported down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEast Galway-A tree was downed across Jockey Street due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2008FloodEast Galway-Numerous roadways remained closed across portions of Saratoga County from earlier heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Saratoga 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
Mosherville1.7 miles21
Shaw Corners2.4 miles21
Parkis Mills2.6 miles21
Frink Corner2.8 miles28
Saratogian Estates2.9 miles21
Barkersville2.9 miles21
Kimball Corners3.4 miles21
Chatfield Corner3.5 miles28

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 Q122597262The 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 949078. 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.