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Progress, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mayfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12078. The Survey maps it on the Gloversville quadrangle.

Progress within Fulton County

Then and now

1903 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Progress, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Progress, surveyed 1903

On record in Progress

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

316 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Progress between 1993 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 23 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/undetermined154
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism43
Natural23
Smoking16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Progress: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Crystal Grove Diamond MineGemstoneProducer1955
Mayfield PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santos Construction PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Cities Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Progress in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindProgress-Primary wires were downed resulting in a fire on State Route 29A near Gloversville.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindProgress-Trees and wires were reported down on Elmwood Avenue in Gloversville due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindProgress-A tree was reported down on a house on Blanchard Road due to strong thunderstorm winds just outside of the City of Gloversville.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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
Berkshire1.2 miles22
Dennies Crossing2.2 miles22
Hale Mills2.5 miles22
West Perth2.6 miles22
Gloversville2.6 miles22
Kingsboro2.9 miles22
Broadalbin Junction2.9 miles22
Red Bunch Corners3.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 961154. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.