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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.

Fox Hill within Saratoga County

Then and now

1899 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Fox Hill, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Fox Hill, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

57 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
31 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Batchellerville Beryl MineBeryllium, Mica, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Batchellerville Big PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Biotite PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Fluorite PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Jasper PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Lower PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Narrow PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Tourmaline PitFeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Batchellerville2.3 miles24
Edinburg3.7 miles24
Glenwild4.2 miles24
Mount Pleasant4.9 miles27
Fayville5.1 miles24
West Day5.3 miles23
Clarkville5.4 miles24
Lake Desolation5.8 miles27

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.