Newtown, 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 12118. The Survey maps it on the Troy North quadrangle.

Newtown 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 Newtown, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of Newtown, 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.

1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Troy North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Troy North quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

430 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Newtown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 484 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 75 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/undetermined	228
Arson/incendiarism	75
Smoking	37
Natural	29
Debris and open burning	26
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Recreation and ceremony	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
7 September 2016	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2016	Railroad operations and maintenance	6.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 September 2001	Smoking	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2012	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 September 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Newtown: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Crescent Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Hemstreet Park Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Hemstreet Park Clay Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Mechcanicville Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
G. Fannucci Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Pollock Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Willow Glen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Willow Glen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Midway Park	2.4 miles	31
Clifton Park	2.5 miles	33
John S Moore Homes	2.6 miles	30
Mechanicville	2.9 miles	30
Halfmoon	3.0 miles	31
Crescent	3.3 miles	31
Willow Glen	3.3 miles	30
Coons	3.5 miles	30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958533. 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.