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Princetown, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Princetown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12056. It stands on Bonny Brook. The Survey maps it on the Rotterdam Junction quadrangle.

Princetown within Schenectady County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Princetown, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Princetown, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

197 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Princetown between 1995 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined99
Arson/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning13
Smoking13
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady 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 Princetown: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Burdeck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Masic PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
Kelleys0.2 miles26
Gifford2.1 miles26
Duane Lake2.9 miles26
Rynex Corners3.0 miles26
West Hill3.7 miles26
Duanesburg3.8 miles25
Pine Grove4.3 miles33
Schonowe4.3 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961142. 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.