Fly Summit, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12834. It lies near Herrington Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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 Cambridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 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
74 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Fly Summit between 1993 and 2018, burning about 91 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 June 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fly Summit: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1845 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1845 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fly Summit in 2 storm reports in 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Summit | - | Trees and wires were downed along multiple sections on County Route 74 as well as Center Cambridge Road and Brownell Road in the Town of Easton. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fly Summit | - | A tree and wires were downed on Vly Summit Road in the Town of Easton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archdale | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| West Cambridge | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Center Cambridge | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| North Cambridge | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| South Easton | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| South Cambridge | 3.4 miles | 29 | |
| North Easton | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Easton | 3.8 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950346. 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.











