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Orchard Park, New York

34 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 12027. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hills quadrangle.

Orchard Park 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 Orchard Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Orchard Park, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 34 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

300 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Park between 1995 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined177
Arson/incendiarism48
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Debris and open burning14
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking9

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
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 Orchard Park: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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

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
Fruitwood Acres0.5 miles34
Garrison Manor0.9 miles34
Vienna Heights1.2 miles34
Burnt Hills1.3 miles34
Ballston Lake1.9 miles32
Tucker Heights2.4 miles34
Ballston Center2.6 miles32
Komar Park2.8 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2462700. 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.