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Grays Corners, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Halfmoon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12065. The Survey maps it on the Niskayuna quadrangle.

Grays Corners within Saratoga 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 Corners, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Grays Corners, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

733 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 733 fires within 5 miles of Grays Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 725 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 109 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/undetermined431
Arson/incendiarism109
Smoking66
Natural38
Debris and open burning38
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Grays Corners: 10 producers, 8 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. 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
CohoesBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Cohoes MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cohoes Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fannucci & Sons Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fort Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fort Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cohoes Clay PitClayProducer
Cohoes Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grays Corners in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026FloodGrays Corners$500A local news station reporter was seen reporting from Riverview Road in the town of Halfmoon in Saratoga County on the evening of March 9th. In their report, they stated that Riverview Road was closed near Boyack Road in Halfmoon. Here, water from a small stream stemming off the Mohawk River was overrunning a low point in the road, causing the closure. According to the report, water was beginning to recede just before 7 PM when it had, just an hour prior, been rather high.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-A report of downed trees on Martin Court in Clifton Park was reported via social media to NWS Albany.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-A large tree limb was downed on Crescent Road in the Town of Clifton Park.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-Tree limbs and power poles were downed at Dunsback Road in the Town of Halfmoon.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-Tree and wires downed in Clifton Park Center.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-A retired NWS employee estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-A tree was downed across Village Drive.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-Trees were reported down.
May 2012HailGrays Corners-Quarter size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Clifton Park.
May 2012HailGrays Corners-Quarter size (measured) hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Clifton Park.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-Trees and wires were reported down on Lapp Road in Clifton Park due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGrays Corners-One tree was reported down in West Crescent due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm 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
Halfmoon Beach1.2 miles33
Crescent1.4 miles31
Midway Park1.6 miles31
Halfmoon2.2 miles31
Flagler Corners3.1 miles33
Clifton Park3.2 miles33
Newtown4.0 miles31
Vischer Ferry4.0 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951611. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.