Fox Hill, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Edinburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. The Survey maps it on the Edinburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1899 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1899 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1945 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Edinburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Fox Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 95 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 14 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 August 2004 | 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 |
| 31 August 2003 | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fox Hill: 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batchellerville Beryl Mine | Beryllium, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Big Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Biotite Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Fluorite Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Jasper Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Lower Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Narrow Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Batchellerville Tourmaline Pit | Feldspar | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batchellerville | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Edinburg | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Glenwild | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| Fayville | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| West Day | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Clarkville | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Lake Desolation | 5.8 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950558. 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.











