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Halls Corner, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Malta town. It lies in ZIP code area 12020. It lies near Malta Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle.

Halls Corner 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 Halls Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Halls Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

271 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Halls Corner between 1995 and 2020, burning about 242 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined124
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning33
Smoking21
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Halls Corner: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Rowland MillsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1882, 1887
Melton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Collamer Park1.0 miles32
Steeplechase At Malta1.2 miles32
Skipper Hill Farm1.3 miles32
Stockbridge Manor1.3 miles32
Malta Ridge1.4 miles28
High Pointe of Malta1.4 miles32
Malta Gardens1.6 miles32
Cramer Woods1.8 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972585. 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.