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Hadley, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hadley town. It lies in ZIP code area 12835. It stands on Sacandaga River. The Survey maps it on the Lake Luzerne quadrangle.

Hadley within Saratoga County

Then and now

1903 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hadley, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Hadley, surveyed 1903

On record in Hadley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 25 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Hadley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 164 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined55
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning15
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersWAITE MOUNTAIN FIRE
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hadley: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Marble, Dimension, Feldspar, Feldspar, Iron. 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
Mt. Anthony ProspectFeldspar, IronPast Producer1910, 1927
Overlook QuarryFeldsparOccurrence1922
Pallette QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Pallette QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1922, 1975
Unnamed OccurrenceGraniteOccurrence1922
Unnamed OccurrenceGranitePast ProducerGranite

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hadley in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHadley1 hurtA tree fell on a home in Hadley as a result of thunderstorm winds. One person at the home was injured due to the falling tree and had to be hospitalized.
April 2008FloodHadley$225,000The melting of a deep snowpack led to moderate or higher river flooding across portions of the upper Hudson River basin, including the Great Sacandaga Lake, and the Hudson River between Schuylerville and Mechanicville.||Snow water equivalents of nearly one foot began to melt during a warm period beginning around April 10th, and led to river flooding which persisted through the end of April.||On the Hudson River near Schuylerville, a sod farm suffered estimated losses of $225,000 due to prolonged submersion of sod in Hudson River flood waters. In addition, the New York State Canal Corporation was unable to open the Hudson-Champlain Canal in April due to high water levels. Furthermore, the crest of the Great Sacandaga Lake level was a new record.
August 2022LightningHadley$200,000A home near the Bend of the River Golf Club was struck by lightning which sparked a small electrical fire. The property owner later called the home unlivable.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHadley$5,000no account filed
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHadley-About 15 to 20 trees were uprooted or snapped at the Bend of the River Golf Club in Hadley.
August 2007HailHadley-Nickel sized hail was reported in Hadley.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHadley-Approximately 100 to 120 trees were downed as a result of strong straight line winds during a thunderstorm in Hadley, along County Route 4 and Stewart Bridge Road.
July 2006Flash FloodHadley-Law enforcement personnel reported that a sink hole formed on Route 9N in Hadley due to flash flooding.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHadley-Trees and power lines down.

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
Conklingville4.6 miles24
Corinth5.1 miles27
Palmer5.2 miles27
Overlook5.5 miles24
Allentown5.7 miles24
Randall Corner7.7 miles27
South Corinth8.4 miles27
Lake View8.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951975. 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.