Putnam, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Putnam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12861. It stands on Mill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Putnam quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Putnam
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
Hiram Congdon Houselisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1902 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Putnam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Whitehall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Putnam between 1993 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | PUTNAM FIRE |
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 12 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | ASAS ISLAND FIRE |
| 11 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | CEDAR ISLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Putnam: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Mine | Graphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1925 | |
| Lakeside Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Lakeside Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Munger Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Munger Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sleight Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Putnam in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Putnam | $110,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Putnam | $1,000 | County Route 2 was closed due to flooding in the Town of Putnam. The road was washed out in three places within the town. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Putnam | - | A tree was reported down across County Route 2. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Putnam | - | A tree was downed blocking Lillie Lane in the Town of Putnam. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Putnam | - | Penny size hail was reported in Putnam during a thunderstorm. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam Station | 1.5 miles | 31 | |
| Glenburnie | 3.3 miles | 37 | |
| Wright | 3.8 miles | 37 | |
| Dresden | 5.2 miles | 31 | |
| Chubbs Dock | 7.8 miles | 31 | |
| Clemons | 8.0 miles | 31 | |
| Dresden Center | 8.2 miles | 31 | |
| Huletts Landing | 9.4 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973622. 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.











