Fort Ann, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Fort Ann town. It lies in ZIP code area 12827. It stands on Halfway Brook. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ann quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Fort Ann
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 1 record
Old Stone House Library, Thelisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 28 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:25000
- 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
95 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Fort Ann between 1993 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Fort Ann: 9 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Iron, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Quarry | Quartz, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| D. Nichols and Son Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1892, 1925 | |
| Fort Ann Silica Deposit | Quartz, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Ann Trap Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1887, 1925 | |
| Fort Ann Lower Quarry | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Ann Upper Quarry | Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Podunk Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1869, 1872 | |
| Podunk Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Potter Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Havens Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Ann in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | West Fort Ann | $5,000,000 | The Hadlock Pond was breached washing out roads and destroying homes below the dam. It has been estimated that there was $5,000,000 of damage. This flash flood occurred under a clear sky and was not related to the weather, but was due to insidious disintegration of the dam structure over an extended period of time. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Ann | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening of June 12th downing trees and powerlines and dumping large hail across parts of the area. The hardest hit areas were Sprakers in Montgomery County and Queensbury in Warren County. In Sprakers straight-line winds uprooted trees, removed shingles from homes, and overturned hay wagons. One of the trees which fell completely crushed a car. Hail up to golf ball-size ruined crops in local gardens. In Queensbury thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines along several roads. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Ann | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | Multiple trees and wires were downed in the Town of Fort Ann including on Pilot Knob Road, Copeland Pond Road, Michigan Lane, Buttermilk Falls Road, Sly Pond Road and Hadlock Pond Road. One of the downed wires on Copeland Pond Road fell on a structure. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | A tree and wires were down on Lake Nebo Road in Fort Ann about a mile from Copeland Pond. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | Trees and wires were down on Lake Nebo Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | Trees and wires were downed in West Fort Ann. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | A tree and wires were downed on Buttermilk Falls Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | Trees and wires were downed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | A tree was reported down and on a house on Pillar Way in Fort Ann as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Sunset View Way in Fort Ann as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | West Fort Ann | - | A section of Sly Pond Road near Fort Ann was reported closed due to flooding. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Fort Ann | - | Trees and wires were reported down in West Fort Ann due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Corner | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Comstock | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Kingsbury | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| West Fort Ann | 4.6 miles | 28 | |
| Vaughns Corners | 5.0 miles | 29 | |
| Tripoli | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Hartford | 6.1 miles | 29 | |
| South Hartford | 6.3 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950461. 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.














