Fort Edward, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Fort Edward town. It lies in ZIP code area 12828. It lies near Rogers Island. The Survey maps it on the Hudson Falls quadrangle. 3,108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 138 feet above sea level.
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 Fort Edward
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 5 records
Fort Edward D&H Train Stationlisted 2000
Fort Miller Reformed Church Complexlisted 1996
Old Fort Houselisted 1983
St. James Episcopal Churchlisted 1998
Wing-Northup Houselisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresFort Edward fell from 3,375 to 3,108 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,375 | |
| 2020 | 3,108 | -267 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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 Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1938 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hudson Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
312 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Fort Edward between 1992 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 52 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 | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 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
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fort Edward: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Falls Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Morgan Lumber & Lime Company Quarry | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1882, 1975 | |
| Unnamed Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | 1922, 1927 | |
| Chesterton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Iuliucci Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glens Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Glens Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jointa Stone Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandy Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Edward in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 1994: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Edward | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Edward | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Edward | $5,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Edward Knolls | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Hudson Falls | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Durkeetown | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Country Acres | 4.0 miles | 29 | |
| Argyle | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| North Argyle | 6.3 miles | 29 | |
| Lick Springs | 6.9 miles | 27 | |
| Adamsville | 7.0 miles | 29 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fort Edward | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q592240 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950467. 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.











