Komar Park, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Charlton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12019. It stands on La Rue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hills quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 34 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.
- 1893 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1930 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Burnt Hills quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
257 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Komar Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 33 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 | 161 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Komar Park: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Scotia Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Scotia Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Komar Park in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Komar Park | - | Tree tops were reported to be sheared off due to thunderstorm winds at Charlton Heights Elementary School. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Heights | 0.4 miles | 34 | |
| Charlton | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Garrison Manor | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Burnt Hills | 2.7 miles | 34 | |
| Orchard Park | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Fruitwood Acres | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Vienna Heights | 3.2 miles | 34 | |
| Ballston Lake | 4.1 miles | 32 |
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 Q122550980 | 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 954802. 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.















