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Mosherville, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Galway town. It lies in ZIP code area 12074. The Survey maps it on the Galway quadrangle.

Mosherville within Saratoga County

Then and now

1899 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mosherville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Mosherville, surveyed 1899

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Mosherville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 273 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined67
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning22
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2005Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mosherville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Tri-Town Gravel FacilitySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tri-Town Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mosherville in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMosherville-Trees were downed along New York Route 29 in the Town of Galway.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMosherville-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds at the intersection of Route 147 and Route 29 in Kimball Corners.

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
Parkis Mills1.5 miles21
Shaw Corners1.6 miles21
Kimball Corners1.6 miles21
East Galway1.7 miles28
Saratogian Estates1.8 miles21
Barkersville2.1 miles21
North Galway2.2 miles21
Green Corners2.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957740. 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.