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Sky Ranch, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 12859. The Survey maps it on the Porter Corners quadrangle.

Sky Ranch 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 Sky Ranch, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Sky Ranch, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Sky Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined53
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 1995Smoking2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
13 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
1 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 August 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
25 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2007Missing 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sky Ranch: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Granite, Mica. 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
Quarry SwitchGraniteOccurrence1825, 1882
Rose Haupt Property DepositMica, Feldspar, QuartzProspect
Empire Graphite MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerMetamorphic
Flake Graphite Co. PropertyGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1906, 1919, 1925
Flake Graphite Co.MineGraphitePast Producer

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
Porter Corners1.7 miles27
Mount Pleasant2.7 miles27
Lake Desolation3.0 miles27
North Greenfield3.2 miles27
Chatfield Corner3.2 miles28
Kings3.4 miles27
Greenfield Center4.1 miles27
Middle Grove4.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965372. 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.