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.
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.


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
Dunning Street Cemeterylisted 2015
Ruhle Road Lenticular Metal Truss Bridgelisted 2004
Wiggins-Collamer Houselisted 2007
Population over time
3 figuresMalta 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13,005 | |
| 2010 | 14,765 | +1,760 (+14%) |
| 2020 | 17,130 | +2,365 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 32 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 Round Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
253 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 119 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Collins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Collins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow Glen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Willow Glen Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
37 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $21,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $19,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $17,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $10,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $9,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $6,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $4,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $2,000 | A tree and wires were downed on East High Street near Malta. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Malta | - | A trained spotter reported 0.75 inch hail at the corner of Stonebreak Road and Hermes Road. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Malta | - | 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 2024 | Hail | Malta | - | 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | A local emergency manager reported a tree down on a house in the town of Malta. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Malta | - | A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail near Route 9 in the town of Malta. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Malta | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported near the Malta Community Center. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Malta | - | Interstate 87 (Northway) in both directions before Exit 12 was reported flooded. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | Tree branches of four to six inches in diameter were downed in Luther Forest. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | A tree was reported down on Partridge Drum Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | A few trees were downed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | Trees downed onto a car. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | Around a dozen trees were downed on Woodfield Blvd and Copper Ridge Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | Multiple trees were reported down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | Multiple trees were reported down in Malta due to thunderstorm winds. Some of the downed trees fell on cars as well. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Malta | - | A spotter reported penny size hail occurred during a thunderstorm in Malta. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Malta | - | Quarter size hail was reported in Malta during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malta | - | A National Weather Service employee reported a measured wind gust of 60 miles an hour in a thunderstorm at Malta. |
| May 2004 | Lightning | Malta | - | Lightning struck house, no damage to structure. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Malta | - | Hail at Rt 67 & Exit 12 of Northway. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Malta | - | Dime sized hail reported. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Malta | - | 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 1994 | Hail | Malta | - | 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 2004 | Hail | Malta | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Malta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collamer Heights | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Fox Wander West | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Luther Forest | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| Malta Gardens | 0.6 miles | 32 | |
| High Pointe of Malta | 0.8 miles | 32 | |
| Woodfield Estates | 1.0 miles | 32 | |
| Cramer Woods | 1.0 miles | 32 | |
| Skipper Hill Farm | 1.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Malta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3708930 | 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 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.















