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Grays Corner, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Whitehall town. It lies in ZIP code area 12887. It lies near Ore Bed Hill. The Survey maps it on the Whitehall quadrangle.

Grays Corner within Washington County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grays Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Grays Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

89 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Grays Corner between 1995 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism15
Debris and open burning12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
27 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined62 acresVermont Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 July 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 Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Grays Corner: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Slate, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Adirondack Mining and Milling Co MineGraphite, Quartz, Feldspar, MicaPast Producer1904, 1907
Champlain Graphite Co. MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerMetamorphic
Champlain Graphite Company MineGraphite, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer1904, 1908
Arana Marble Co. MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1897
Mccullen Slate Quarry No. 1 & 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Smiths Basin QuarriesLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1882, 1925
Whitehall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSandstone
Ainsworth QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer1874, 1892
Mccullen Quarry No. 1 and MillSlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
R.A. Hall QuarrySlate, DimensionPast Producer1892, 1898

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Whitehall2.0 miles30
East Whitehall3.1 miles29
West Granville5.8 miles27
Comstock5.9 miles28
North Granville6.0 miles27
Low Hampton6.0 miles29
Truthville6.4 miles27
South Bay6.5 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972560. 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.