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Sherwood Forest, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Saratoga Springs City. It lies in ZIP code area 12866. It stands on Slade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saratoga Springs quadrangle.

Sherwood Forest within Saratoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1989

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 Sherwood Forest, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Sherwood Forest, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

317 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 317 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Forest between 1993 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined153
Arson/incendiarism34
Natural32
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking22
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood Forest: 10 past producers, 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Maple Ave QuarryDolomite, QuartzProducer1925
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, GarnetPast Producer1882, 1925
Quarry SwitchGraniteOccurrence1825, 1882
East Jamaica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Melton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Milton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pallette Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pompa Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1927, 1975
Hoyt QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1895, 1975

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
Heritage Manor0.7 miles28
Travers Manor0.9 miles28
Evergreen Point1.2 miles28
The Springs1.6 miles28
Country Squire Estates1.9 miles28
Saratoga Estates1.9 miles28
Geyser Crest1.9 miles28
Deer Run2.0 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2497695. 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.