Northwood Estates, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Malta town. It lies in ZIP code area 12019. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle.

Northwood Estates 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 Northwood Estates, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of Northwood Estates, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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 Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1930 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1947 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1949 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Round Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

297 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Northwood Estates between 1995 and 2020, burning about 305 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 59 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	141
Arson/incendiarism	59
Debris and open burning	24
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Natural	16
Recreation and ceremony	14
Smoking	13
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2016	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
30 September 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
17 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 September 2016	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
16 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
13 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Northwood Estates: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	Sedimentary
Round Lake Clay Pit	Clay	Producer
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Willow Glen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Willow Glen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Willow Glen Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

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
Malta Meadows	0.2 miles	32
Carlyle Court	0.4 miles	32
Burton Meadows	0.5 miles	32
Carlyle West	0.9 miles	32
Round Lake	1.3 miles	32
Country Knolls	1.6 miles	32
Maltaville	1.8 miles	32
Jonesville	2.0 miles	32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2462677. 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.