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Milton Center, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Milton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12020. It stands on Glowegee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middle Grove quadrangle.

Milton Center within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Milton Center, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Milton Center, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

266 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Milton Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined127
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2008Missing 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Milton Center: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Quarry SwitchGraniteOccurrence1825, 1882
Melton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pallette Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompa Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hoyt QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1895, 1975
Pallette Limestone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Pompmpi Brothers QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rock City Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1917, 1925
Rowland MillsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1882, 1887

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton Center in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 WindMilton Center$1,000,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMilton Center$15,000no account filed
May 1998HailMilton Center$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMilton Center$5,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMilton Center$4,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMilton Center-A tree and wires were downed.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindMilton Center-Power lines were reported down on Middleline Road due to thunderstorm winds.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindMilton Center-A wind gust of 98 miles an hour was measured at the Saratoga County Airport.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindMilton Center-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
Factory Village1.6 miles28
Milton Oaks1.7 miles28
Woodland Court2.0 miles28
Geyser Gates2.0 miles28
North Milton2.0 miles28
Milton Heights2.0 miles28
Milton2.0 miles28
Rock City Falls2.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957367. 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.