King Edward Knolls, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Fort Edward town. It lies in ZIP code area 12828. It lies near Rogers Island. The Survey maps it on the Hudson Falls quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in King Edward Knolls
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Fort Houselisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
St. James Episcopal Churchlisted 1998 · 0.7 miles away
Fort Edward D&H Train Stationlisted 2000 · 0.8 miles away
Wing-Northup Houselisted 2008 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1895 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1938 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hudson Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of King Edward Knolls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 221 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 43 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 | 140 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 29 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 27 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 24 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 24 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 21 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 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
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of King Edward Knolls: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Falls Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Morgan Lumber & Lime Company Quarry | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1882, 1975 | |
| Unnamed Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | 1922, 1927 | |
| Chesterton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Iuliucci Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glens Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Glens Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jointa Stone Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandy Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Edward | 0.7 miles | 29 | |
| Durkeetown | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Hudson Falls | 2.9 miles | 29 | |
| Country Acres | 4.5 miles | 29 | |
| Argyle | 4.8 miles | 27 | |
| North Argyle | 5.9 miles | 29 | |
| Lick Springs | 6.2 miles | 27 | |
| Fort Miller | 6.8 miles | 27 |
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 Q122540526 | The 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 2499820. 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.











