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Low Hampton, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12887. It lies near Hampton Hill. The Survey maps it on the Thorn Hill quadrangle.

Low Hampton within Washington 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 Low Hampton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Low Hampton, surveyed 1893

On record in Low Hampton

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Low Hampton between 1998 and 2018, burning about 42 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined18
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
21 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Low Hampton: 28 producers, 17 past producers. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Arana Marble Co. MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1897
Eureka QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hampton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Natural Slate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alliance and Bungaloo QuarriesStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Blissville Slate QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Boston Quarry, Taran Bros.Stone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Eagle QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Eureka QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Evergreen QuarryStone, DimensionProducerMetamorphic

Every working 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
East Whitehall3.7 miles29
Hampton4.9 miles29
Whitehall6.0 miles30
Grays Corner6.0 miles30
Chubbs Dock8.0 miles31
Raceville8.4 miles27
Dresden8.4 miles31
Dresden Center8.4 miles31

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 Q122555621The 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 972742. 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.