Fitch Point, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Salem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The 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.


On record in Fitch Point
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.
- Martin-Fitch House & Asa Fitch, Jr. Laboratorylisted 2014 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cossayuna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Cossayuna quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cossayuna quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Fitch Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 206 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 28 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fitch Point: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Greenwich Junction | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Rexleigh | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Salem | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Cossayuna | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Battenville | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Shushan | 4.6 miles | 29 | |
| Spraguetown | 5.3 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950186. 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.












