Greenfield, New York

The 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.

1902 1989

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.

• 1902 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
• 1934 USGS Saratoga Springs 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
• 1967 USGS Saratoga Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Greenfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 38 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Heritage Manor
• Middle Grove
• North Milton
• Pages Corner
• South Greenfield
• Frink Corner

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Greenfield: 14 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.

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenfield in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.

Every storm recorded in Saratoga County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972565. 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.