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North Galway, 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. It lies near Foster Hill. The Survey maps it on the Galway quadrangle.

North Galway 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 North Galway, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of North Galway, 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of North Galway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined72
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
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
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Debris 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 North Galway: 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

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
Kimball Corners0.6 miles21
Green Corners1.4 miles21
Ruback Camp1.9 miles21
Whiteside Corners2.0 miles21
Mosherville2.2 miles21
Saratogian Estates2.2 miles21
Fairweather Corners2.4 miles21
Shaw Corners2.5 miles21

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 Q122592713The 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 958788. 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.