Hartford, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hartford town. It lies in ZIP code area 12838. It lies near Christian Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Hartford
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
Hartford Baptist Church and Cemeterylisted 2004
Elisha Straight Houselisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 29 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.
- 1893 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Fort Ann quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1944 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:25000
- 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
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Hartford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 13 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 | 59 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 14 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | HARTFORD FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | GUILDER HOLLOW FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hartford: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Nichols and Son Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | 1892, 1925 |
Storms near this place
15 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartford in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | $4,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Flood | Hartford | $1,000 | Several county and secondary roads were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hartford | $1,000 | Isolated thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of July 25 across eastern New York. One of the storms became briefly severe in Washington County, as it spawned dime-sized hail in the town of Hartford. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Hartford | - | Wires were downed along State Route 40 in the Town of Hartford. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | - | A tree and wires were downed along Route 40. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hartford | - | A tree was downed on wires along Pope Hill Road in the Town of Hartford. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hartford | - | A tree was downed on Route 30 near Pope Hill Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Hartford | - | A one-foot diameter tree was snapped at the stump, blocking and temporarily closing State Route 149. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | - | A tree was downed on Route 40. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | South Hartford | - | Route 196 closed due to flooding in Hartford and Kingsbury. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hartford | - | Large tree limbs were downed in East Hartford due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Hartford as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartford | - | Trees were reported down in Hartford as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hartford | - | Penny size hail was reported in Hartford during a thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hartford | 1.3 miles | 29 | |
| East Hartford | 2.1 miles | 29 | |
| Hillsdale | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Slyboro | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| North Hebron | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Adamsville | 5.1 miles | 29 | |
| Baldwin Corner | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Belcher | 5.8 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952306. 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.















