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Geyser Gates, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Milton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12020. The Survey maps it on the Saratoga Springs quadrangle.

Geyser Gates within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Geyser Gates, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Geyser Gates, surveyed 1902

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

327 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Geyser Gates between 1993 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined149
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning30
Natural24
Equipment and vehicle use23
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Geyser Gates: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Quarry SwitchGraniteOccurrence1825, 1882
Melton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pallette Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompa Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hoyt QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1895, 1975
Pallette Limestone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pompmpi Brothers QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Railroad QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1877, 1925
Rock City Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1917, 1925

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
Milton Heights0.1 miles28
Milton Oaks0.3 miles28
Milton Manor0.4 miles28
Milton0.4 miles28
Coachman Estates0.5 miles28
Deer Run0.7 miles28
Woodland Court0.8 miles28
Juniper Acres0.9 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 Q122595898The 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 2497678. 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.