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Maple Grove, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Hope town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. The Survey maps it on the Hope Falls quadrangle.

Maple Grove within Hamilton County

Then and now

1910 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Maple Grove, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Maple Grove, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning26
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.8 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maple Grove: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Crushed Stone ProductsStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Paint MineIronProspect
Batchellerville Lower PitFeldsparPast Producer
Batchellerville Narrow PitFeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
Hope5.8 miles23
Benson6.6 miles26
Pumpkin Hollow8.7 miles26
Upper Benson9.7 miles22
Blackbridge12.0 miles26
Wells12.0 miles26
Girards Sugarbush14.9 miles23
Gilmantown15.2 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956394. 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.