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Jonesville, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clifton Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 12019. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle.

Jonesville 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 Jonesville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Jonesville, surveyed 1893

On record in Jonesville

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

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

382 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Jonesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 75 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/undetermined188
Arson/incendiarism75
Debris and open burning25
Natural24
Smoking23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2001Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jonesville: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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
Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1998Thunderstorm WindJonesville$20,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindJonesville$4,000no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJonesville-A tree was downed near Elnora.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Two trees and wires down on Main Street, Glenwood Drive and Huckleberry Lane.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Trees and numerous limbs were reported down across southern Saratoga County due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Flash FloodJonesville-Route 146A (Vischer Ferry Road) was reported closed due to flooding between Stratford Drive and Nottingham Way South.
August 2019HailJonesville-no account filed

Every storm 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
Country Knolls1.0 miles32
Elnora1.2 miles32
Carlyle Court1.8 miles32
Carlyle West1.8 miles32
Northwood Estates2.0 miles32
Burton Meadows2.1 miles32
Malta Meadows2.2 miles32
Ballston Lake2.4 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954195. 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.