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.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
89 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 acres | Vermont Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adirondack Mining and Milling Co Mine | Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | 1904, 1907 | |
| Champlain Graphite Co. Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Champlain Graphite Company Mine | Graphite, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1904, 1908 | |
| Arana Marble Co. Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Mccullen Slate Quarry No. 1 & 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Smiths Basin Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1882, 1925 | |
| Whitehall Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Ainsworth Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | 1874, 1892 | |
| Mccullen Quarry No. 1 and Mill | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| R.A. Hall Quarry | Slate, Dimension | Past Producer | 1892, 1898 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| East Whitehall | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| West Granville | 5.8 miles | 27 | |
| Comstock | 5.9 miles | 28 | |
| North Granville | 6.0 miles | 27 | |
| Low Hampton | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Truthville | 6.4 miles | 27 | |
| South Bay | 6.5 miles | 31 |
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.











