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Glenmore, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Keene town. It lies in ZIP code area 12942. It lies near Jackson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jay Mountain quadrangle.

Glenmore within Essex County

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenmore, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Glenmore, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

32 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Glenmore between 2002 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined12
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersHURRICANE MT FIRE
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2007Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Glenmore: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John Wells Mica Property DepositMicaProspect
Cherry Glen ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Cherry Glen ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Keene QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Beede's QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keene MineIronPast Producer1872, 1880
Rogers Ore Bed ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Essex 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
Keene2.6 miles28
Keene Valley5.0 miles29
Upper Jay5.9 miles28
Saint Huberts6.9 miles29
Jay8.4 miles24
Elizabethtown8.5 miles28
New Russia9.4 miles28
Lewis9.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972548. 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.