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John S Moore Homes, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mechanicville City. It lies in ZIP code area 12118. It stands on Anthony Kill. The Survey maps it on the Mechanicville quadrangle.

John S Moore Homes 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 John S Moore Homes, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of John S Moore Homes, surveyed 1893

On record in John S Moore Homes

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

289 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of John S Moore Homes between 1994 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 24 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/undetermined157
Arson/incendiarism36
Smoking24
Natural24
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of John S Moore Homes: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
North of Melrose Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayProducer
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mechcanicville Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Mechanicville0.3 miles30
Stillwater Junction1.5 miles30
Riverside1.5 miles30
East Saratoga Junciton1.7 miles30
Willow Glen2.2 miles30
Newtown2.6 miles31
Coons3.3 miles30
Stillwater3.4 miles30

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 Q122553569The 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 2417552. 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.