Greenfield Center, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12833. The Survey maps it on the Corinth quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1902 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1935 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:24000
- 1942 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Corinth quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 278 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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 | 102 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Greenfield Center: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Graphite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphite Products Corp Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1910, 1918, 1925 | |
| Maple Ave Quarry | Dolomite, Quartz | Producer | 1925 | |
| Rose Haupt Property Deposit | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Garnet | Past Producer | 1882, 1925 | |
| Quarry Switch | Granite | Occurrence | 1825, 1882 | |
| Empire Graphite Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Flake Graphite Co. Property | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1906, 1919, 1925 | |
| Graphite Products Corp. | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Pallette Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pompa Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield Center in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Lightning | Greenfield Center | $40,000 | One home in Greenfield Center was destroyed after a lightning strike struck a tree causing it to crush through the center portion of the mobile home. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | $4,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | A local 911 call center reported a tree down on power lines in Greenfield. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Greenfield Center | - | Several reports and pictures of at least 1 inch in diameter hail in Greenfield Center with some slightly larger up to 1.50 inches. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | A tree was reported down on a trailer at Brookview Mobile Home Park. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Greenfield Center | - | Nickel-sized hail was reported in Greenfield Center NY. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Wires were reported down on Route 9N. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Trees and wires were downed at Grange Road and Route 9N. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Tree limbs were downed onto wires in Greenfield. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Trees were downed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Trees were reported down in Greenfield Center due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Many trees and power lines down. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenfield Center | - | Law enforcement officials reported that trees and wires were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabre Springs | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Kings | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Greenfield | 1.9 miles | 28 | |
| Country Squire Estates | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| South Greenfield | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Porter Corners | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| North Greenfield | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Heritage Manor | 3.4 miles | 28 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Greenfield Center | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740159 | The 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 951743. 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.











