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Kingsbury, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Kingsbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12839. The Survey maps it on the Hudson Falls quadrangle.

Kingsbury within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kingsbury, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Kingsbury, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

112 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Kingsbury between 1996 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined61
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning14
Natural13
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Kingsbury: 8 producers, 7 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz. 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
Fort Ann Silica DepositQuartz, SilicaPast Producer
Chestertown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fort Ann Trap QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1887, 1925
Chestertown QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
D. Nichols and Son QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1892, 1925
Sandy Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Elms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Havens PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsbury in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 1996LightningKingsbury1 hurtno account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindKingsbury$12,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindKingsbury$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindKingsbury$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindKingsbury$5,000no account filed
July 1997HailKingsbury$1,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindKingsbury$500no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKingsbury-A tree was downed on Geer Road in the Town of Kingsbury.
August 2024HailKingsbury-A local broadcast meteorologist relayed a public report of 1.75 hail in Hudson Falls.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindKingsbury-There were multiple reports of trees and wires down around the Town of Kingsbury.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindKingsbury-A tree was downed, blocking the roadway at Vaughn and Underwood Roads.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Vaughns Corners1.8 miles29
Baldwin Corner2.6 miles28
Tripoli3.2 miles28
Country Acres3.5 miles29
West Fort Ann3.9 miles28
Pattens Mills4.1 miles28
Fort Ann4.2 miles28
Adamsville4.3 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 954678. 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.