Sacandaga Park, New York
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Northampton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12134. It lies near Gifford Valley. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sacandaga Park
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sacandaga Railroad Stationlisted 2003 · 0.2 miles away
Northville Historic Districtlisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1899 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1945 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Sacandaga Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 8 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 28 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sacandaga Park: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Quartz, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crushed Stone Products | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tyrell Quarry | Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Werner Prospects | Feldspar, Stone, Quartz | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sacandaga Park in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacandaga Park | - | A tree was downed in Northville. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacandaga Park | - | A tree was downed, resulting in a power outage. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacandaga Park | - | A tree was downed and across State Route 30 near County Route 123 in Northville due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sacandaga Park | - | Trees were reported down in Northville due to thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2008 | Flood | Sacandaga Park | - | The melting of a deep snowpack led to moderate or higher river flooding across portions of the upper Hudson River basin, including the Great Sacandaga Lake, which crested at a record level.||Snow water equivalents of nearly one foot began to melt during a warm period beginning around April 10th, and led to river flooding which persisted through the end of April.||As the water levels rose on the Great Sacandaga Lake, several homes and businesses had water enter basements. In addition, the New York State Canal Corporation was unable to open the Hudson-Champlain Canal in April due to high water levels. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northville | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Carpenters Corners | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Sweets Crossing | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Cranberry Creek | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Tomantown | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Fish House | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Dennies Hollow | 7.0 miles | 22 | |
| Benedict | 7.2 miles | 22 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544496 | The 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 963160. 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.










