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Hale Mills, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Johnstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12095. The Survey maps it on the Gloversville quadrangle.

Hale Mills within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hale Mills, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hale Mills, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

291 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Hale Mills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined152
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning35
Natural20
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minor2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hale Mills: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Platinum, Nickel, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Crystal Grove Diamond MineGemstoneProducer1955
FondaPlatinum, NickelOccurrenceUnknown
Santos Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Johnstown2.0 miles22
Berkshire2.2 miles22
Gloversville2.4 miles22
Progress2.5 miles22
Kingsboro3.3 miles22
West Perth3.4 miles22
Meco3.6 miles21
Smiths Corners3.8 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122561302The 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 952015. 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.