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Edwards Hill, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12811. It stands on Edwards Hill. The Survey maps it on the Gore Mountain quadrangle.

Edwards Hill within Warren County

Then and now

1898 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edwards Hill, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Edwards Hill, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Edwards Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 1993Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
13 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresNew York Forest RangersWASHER HILL
8 August 1997Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
31 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersEAGLE POND
30 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 1999Recreation 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Edwards Hill: 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Quartz. 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
Oven Mountain MineGarnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1897, 1925
Rowland MineGraphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, QuartzPast Producer1837, 1900, 1910
Rowland Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer
Barton Mine & MillGarnetProducer
Botheration Pond Deposit AGarnetProspect
Botheration Pond Deposit BGarnetProspect
Johnsburg DepositGarnetProspect
Oven Mountain DepositGarnetPast Producer
Rexford MineGarnetPast Producer1892, 1897

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edwards Hill in 1 storm report in 2022: 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
April 2022FloodEdwards Hill$75,000Several incidents of flooding occurred within Warren County, including the areas of Thurman, Warrensburg, Chestertown, Weavertown and Lake George. Road closures and possible washouts were reported within the towns of Warrensburg and Thurman. In Lake George, severe damage occurred to a driveway and parking lot of the Lakeview Terrace Hotel and Fairview Association.

Every storm 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
Bakers Mills1.4 miles25
Sodom2.5 miles26
Johnsburg4.5 miles27
Holcombville5.3 miles26
Wevertown5.5 miles26
North Creek5.7 miles26
Garnet Lake6.2 miles25
Oregon6.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949408. 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.