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Fox Run Estates, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wilton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12831. The Survey maps it on the Gansevoort quadrangle.

Fox Run Estates within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 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 Run Estates, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Fox Run Estates, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Fox Run Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 485 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined112
Debris and open burning43
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fox Run Estates: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Gansevoort PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansevoort Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed DepositSilicaPast Producer1922, 1927

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
Ballard Corners0.3 miles28
Rimbrave Estates0.5 miles28
Stonegate1.2 miles28
Hickory Forest1.3 miles28
Terrel Hills1.4 miles28
Castlewood1.7 miles28
Tanager Woods1.9 miles28
Queens Court1.9 miles28

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.

Wikidata item Q122556786The 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 2435474. 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.