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Paradise Beach, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Queensbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12804. The Survey maps it on the Glens Falls quadrangle.

Paradise Beach within Warren 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 Paradise Beach, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Paradise Beach, 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.

Fires near this place

552 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 552 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 644 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined253
Arson/incendiarism89
Smoking61
Recreation and ceremony39
Natural30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution12

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Paradise Beach: 7 producers, 6 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, 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
Glen Falls Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Morgan Lumber & Lime Company QuarryLimestone, General, Marble, DimensionPast Producer1882, 1975
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Glens Falls QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Jointa Stone Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Chesterton Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Elms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mclaughlin Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
French Mountain1.6 miles27
Lake Sunnyside2.7 miles27
Oneida Corners3.2 miles29
Glens Falls3.4 miles27
West Glens Falls3.5 miles27
Queensbury4.0 miles28
Crosbyside4.7 miles29
Beartown4.8 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972912. 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.