Independence Square, 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 276 fires within 5 miles of Independence Square between 1992 and 2020, burning about 449 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 24 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:

• Birch Acres
• Lakewood Estates
• The Meadows
• Victoria Gardens
• Adirondack Estates
• Ballard Corners

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Independence Square: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Limestone, General, Dolomite. 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

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 2499311. 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.