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Milton, 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. The Survey maps it on the Saratoga Springs quadrangle. 4,663 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Milton 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, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Milton, surveyed 1902

Population over time

3 figures

Milton grew from 2,692 to 4,663 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
20002,692
20103,087+395 (+15%)
20204,663+1,576 (+51%)

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

319 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 1993 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined146
Arson/incendiarism41
Debris and open burning31
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural20
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2017Missing 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Milton: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 1994Thunderstorm WindMilton$50,000no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindMilton$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMilton$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMilton$5,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindMilton$5,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWest Milton$1,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Milton-A large tree was downed, blocking the intersection of Birchton Road and Paisley Road.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindWest Milton-Wires were downed.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWest Milton-A wind gust was estimated to be about 60 mph during a thunderstorm in West Milton.
May 2012HailWest Milton-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Milton.
June 2011HailWest Milton-Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Milton.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindWest Milton-Two pine trees were reported down near West Milton due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindWest Milton-Law enforcement personnel report that trees were blown down in West Milton.
June 1994HailMilton-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
Milton Heights0.3 miles28
Woodland Court0.4 miles28
Milton Oaks0.4 miles28
Geyser Gates0.4 miles28
Coachman Estates0.5 miles28
Juniper Acres0.5 miles28
Milton Manor0.7 miles28
Factory Village0.9 miles28

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 MiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6860955The 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 1867411. 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.