BlockNorth Bolton, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bolton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12814. It stands on Indian Brook. The Survey maps it on the Bolton Landing quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Bolton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Bolton quadrangle1:62500, 13 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Bolton Landing quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Bolton Landing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of North Bolton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 209 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | TONGUE MOUNTAIN FIRE |
| 8 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LACZKO POINT FIRE |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | TONGUE MT FIRE #5 |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 7 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 36 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Landing | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Riverbank | 3.8 miles | 30 | |
| Bolton | 4.6 miles | 30 | |
| Pilot Knob | 6.1 miles | 30 | |
| South Horicon | 6.7 miles | 26 | |
| Brant Lake | 7.2 miles | 29 | |
| Darrowsville | 7.8 miles | 25 | |
| Starbuckville | 8.2 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553405 | The 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 972852. 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.