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Sand Hill, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Minden town. It lies in ZIP code area 13339. It lies near Abeel Island. The Survey maps it on the Fort Plain quadrangle.

Sand Hill within Montgomery County

Then and now

1898 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sand Hill, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sand Hill, surveyed 1898

On record in Sand Hill

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

79 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 2001 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 July 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
27 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sand Hill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Sheldon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Fort Plain1.0 miles18
Nelliston1.2 miles18
Valley Brook1.7 miles18
Freysbush2.9 miles18
Keesler Corners3.1 miles18
Charlesworth Corners3.2 miles18
Hallsville3.8 miles18
Palatine Bridge3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964369. 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.