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Rockhurst, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Queensbury town. It lies in ZIP code area 12804. It lies near Long Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle.

Rockhurst within Warren County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rockhurst, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Rockhurst, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

121 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Rockhurst between 2000 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning19
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNew York Forest RangersSPLIT KNOB FIRE
11 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew York Forest RangersLACKEY ROAD
1 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersINMAN POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Warren County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rockhurst: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar. 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
Mallorys PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mount Hope MineIron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1879, 1881
Potter MineSulfur-Pyrite, IronPast Producer1879
Mount Hope MineIronPast Producer
Podunk MineIronPast Producer1869, 1872
Podunk MineIronPast Producer
Potter MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Cleverdale0.4 miles29
Brayton1.7 miles29
Diamond Point2.8 miles29
Pilot Knob2.9 miles30
Bolton4.6 miles30
Crosbyside5.0 miles29
Lake George5.2 miles29
Bolton Landing5.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962753. 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.