North Cambridge, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12816. It lies near The Cobble. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle.

North Cambridge within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Cambridge, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of North Cambridge, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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.

1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1946 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

108 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of North Cambridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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	49
Debris and open burning	30
Arson/incendiarism	14
Natural	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1

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
4 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
14 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
8 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2006	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 July 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
22 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
19 June 2006	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 North Cambridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unnamed Occurrence	Limestone, General, Dolomite	Past Producer	1845
	Unnamed Occurrence	Limestone, General	Past Producer	1845

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Archdale	1.7 miles	27
Fly Summit	2.0 miles	27
Center Cambridge	2.1 miles	29
Coila	2.7 miles	27
West Cambridge	2.9 miles	29
Cambridge	3.6 miles	27
Ravenwood Estates	4.1 miles	29
South Cambridge	4.4 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972855. 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.