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Fernwood, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moreau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12803. The Survey maps it on the Glens Falls quadrangle.

Fernwood within Saratoga 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 Fernwood, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Fernwood, surveyed 1895

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

485 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 485 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 352 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 72 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/undetermined251
Arson/incendiarism72
Smoking48
Recreation and ceremony33
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Fernwood: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Marble, Dimension, 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
Glen Falls Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan Lumber & Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1882, 1975
Chesterton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Iuliucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jointa Stone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandy Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernwood in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
August 2014LightningFernwood$2,000A lightning strike downed a tree and wires in South Glens Falls.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A tree was reported down on Bluebird Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A large pine tree was snapped in South Glen Falls due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindFernwood-Trees and wires were reported down on Harrison Avenue in the town of Moreau due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFernwood-Three trees were blown over in a yard in South Glens Falls as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindFernwood-A tree was reported down and on wires on John Street in South Glens Falls due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFernwood-Tree limbs and wires were reported down on Clark Street in South Glens Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindFernwood-Trees and power lines were reported down on Ferry Boulevard in South Glens Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Pine Valley0.4 miles27
Pruyn Crest0.6 miles27
Gregory Manor1.5 miles27
White Birch Estates1.6 miles27
Reynolds Corners1.7 miles27
South Glens Falls1.7 miles27
Lamplighter Acres2.0 miles27
Sandy Oaks2.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949997. 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.