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Rexford, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clifton Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 12148. The Survey maps it on the Schenectady quadrangle.

Rexford within Saratoga County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Rexford, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Rexford, surveyed 1893

On record in Rexford

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

550 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 550 fires within 5 miles of Rexford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 432 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 116 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/undetermined276
Arson/incendiarism116
Smoking48
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rexford: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Scotia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Scotia Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rexford in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindRexford$15,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindRexford$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRexford-A tree was downed along Route 146 and Riverview Road in the Rexford section of Clifton Park.
August 2023Funnel CloudRexford-A funnel cloud was observed looking westward on Clifton Country Road. No damage was spotted.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRexford-Trees were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRexford-A large oak tree was uprooted and several cedar trees were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRexford-A tree was downed onto service wires to a residence.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindRexford-Tree and wires downed on Riverview Road.
May 2013Flash FloodRexford-Law Enforecement reported flash flooding along Riverview Road in Rexford from showers and thunderstorms.
June 2009HailRexford-Penny size hail was reported in Rexford during a thunderstorm.
August 2018HailRexford-no account filed

Every storm 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
Groom Corners2.7 miles33
Clifton Park Center3.6 miles33
Burnt Hills3.9 miles34
Ballston Lake4.2 miles32
Elnora4.5 miles32
Garrison Manor4.6 miles34
Tucker Heights4.7 miles34
Fruitwood Acres4.8 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962419. 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.