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Quaker Springs, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Saratoga town. It lies in ZIP code area 12871. It lies near Bear Hill. The Survey maps it on the Quaker Springs quadrangle.

Quaker Springs within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Quaker Springs, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Quaker Springs, surveyed 1900

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

136 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Quaker Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning27
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresSaratoga National Historical ParkGROZNIAK
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2004Missing 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Quaker Springs: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
East Jamaica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Normanskill GritsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1925

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
Deans Corners1.9 miles27
Coveville2.9 miles26
Ketchums Corners3.4 miles27
Gates3.6 miles27
Burgoyne3.6 miles27
Cedar Bluffs3.7 miles27
Victory Mills4.2 miles26
Saratoga Lake4.2 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Quaker SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16899025The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962062. 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.