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Lamplighter Acres, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moreau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12828. The Survey maps it on the Glens Falls quadrangle.

Lamplighter Acres within Saratoga 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 Lamplighter Acres, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Lamplighter Acres, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

370 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 370 fires within 5 miles of Lamplighter Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 55 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/incendiarism55
Recreation and ceremony31
Smoking29
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes1
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2015Smoking1.1 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2006Debris and open burningunder 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lamplighter Acres: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Glen Falls Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan Lumber & Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1882, 1975
Unnamed DepositSilicaPast Producer1922, 1927
Chesterton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jointa Stone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone

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
Strawberry Acres0.7 miles28
Sandy Oaks0.8 miles28
English Village0.8 miles28
Spier Pines0.9 miles27
White Birch Estates1.0 miles27
Gregory Manor1.3 miles27
Reynolds Corners1.5 miles27
Pine Valley1.6 miles27

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 Q122571912The 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 2499286. 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.