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Oakwood Terrace, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Ballston town. It lies in ZIP code area 12020. It stands on Gordon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle.

Oakwood Terrace 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 Oakwood Terrace, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Oakwood Terrace, surveyed 1893

On record in Oakwood Terrace

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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.

Fires near this place

321 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Oakwood Terrace between 1993 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined150
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Natural21
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Oakwood Terrace: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aqueduct Schenectady Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Melton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milton 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
Ballston Spa0.6 miles28
Ballston Manor0.8 miles32
Covered Wagon Court0.9 miles32
Tomaselli Estates0.9 miles32
Carpenters Acres0.9 miles32
Edgewood Estates1.7 miles32
East Line1.7 miles32
Halls Corner2.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2462709. 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.