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Midway Park, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Halfmoon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12065. The Survey maps it on the Troy North quadrangle.

Midway Park 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 Midway Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Midway Park, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

545 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 545 fires within 5 miles of Midway Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 617 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 86 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/undetermined311
Arson/incendiarism86
Smoking43
Debris and open burning32
Natural31
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Midway Park: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cohoes MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cohoes Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cohoes Clay PitClayProducer
Cohoes Clay PitClayPast Producer
Crescent Clay PitClayProducer
Fannucci & Sons Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Crescent1.5 miles31
Grays Corners1.6 miles33
Halfmoon1.9 miles31
Clifton Park2.0 miles33
Newtown2.4 miles31
Flagler Corners2.6 miles33
Halfmoon Beach2.7 miles33
Clifton Park Center4.0 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2461062. 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.