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Malta, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Malta town. It lies in ZIP code area 12020. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle. 17,130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.

Malta within Saratoga 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 Malta, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Malta, surveyed 1893

On record in Malta

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 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Malta grew from 13,005 to 17,130 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
200013,005
201014,765+1,760 (+14%)
202017,130+2,365 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

253 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Malta between 1995 and 2020, burning about 254 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined119
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning29
Smoking20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony7
Other causes1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Malta: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

37 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malta in 37 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 22 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMalta$21,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMalta$19,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMalta$17,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMalta$10,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMalta$9,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMalta$6,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMalta$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMalta$3,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMalta$2,000A tree and wires were downed on East High Street near Malta.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMalta$2,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMalta$2,000no account filed
August 2024HailMalta-A trained spotter reported 0.75 inch hail at the corner of Stonebreak Road and Hermes Road.
August 2024HailMalta-A member of the public posted a video to social media that showed ping pong ball sized hail falling in the town of Malta.
August 2024HailMalta-A media partner sent in a report of an estimated hail size of 1.75 inch, or golf ball size, in the town of Malta.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMalta-A local emergency manager reported a tree down on a house in the town of Malta.
August 2024HailMalta-A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail near Route 9 in the town of Malta.
September 2023HailMalta-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near the Malta Community Center.
July 2023FloodMalta-Interstate 87 (Northway) in both directions before Exit 12 was reported flooded.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMalta-Tree branches of four to six inches in diameter were downed in Luther Forest.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindMalta-A tree was reported down on Partridge Drum Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMalta-A few trees were downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMalta-Trees downed onto a car.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMalta-Around a dozen trees were downed on Woodfield Blvd and Copper Ridge Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMalta-Trees were downed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMalta-Multiple trees were reported down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMalta-Multiple trees were reported down in Malta due to thunderstorm winds. Some of the downed trees fell on cars as well.
July 2014HailMalta-A spotter reported penny size hail occurred during a thunderstorm in Malta.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMalta-A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team found evidence of damaging straight line winds from a thunderstorm, extending from Malta, across Route 9P on the southeast and east side of Saratoga Lake, into Schuylerville. Numerous downed trees and snapped power lines were found, with estimated peak winds of 85 to 100 mph.||In addition, golf ball size hail was also observed in Schuylerville.||Numerous downed trees resulted in the closure of Route 9P, from Route 76 to the City of Saratoga Springs.
June 2008HailMalta-Quarter size hail was reported in Malta during a thunderstorm.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMalta-A National Weather Service employee reported a measured wind gust of 60 miles an hour in a thunderstorm at Malta.
May 2004LightningMalta-Lightning struck house, no damage to structure.
May 2004HailMalta-Hail at Rt 67 & Exit 12 of Northway.
November 2004HailMalta-Dime sized hail reported.
September 1998HailMalta-Very cold air aloft spawned widely scattered thunderstorms during the evening hours across eastern New York. One cell produced nickel size hail in Malta, Saratoga County.
August 1994HailMalta-A severe thunderstorm struck southern Saratoga and eastern Schenectady Counties during the afternoon of August 20th resulting in downed trees and powerlines and large hail. The severe thunderstorm left thousands of customers in the area without power.
May 2004HailMalta-no account filed
July 1998HailMalta-no account filed

Every storm 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
Collamer Heights0.6 miles32
Fox Wander West0.6 miles32
Luther Forest0.6 miles32
Malta Gardens0.6 miles32
High Pointe of Malta0.8 miles32
Woodfield Estates1.0 miles32
Cramer Woods1.0 miles32
Skipper Hill Farm1.2 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on MaltaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3708930The 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 956321. 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.