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.
Then and now
1902 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 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.
- 1902 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1942 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Porter Corners quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 13 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 1 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry Switch | Granite | Occurrence | 1825, 1882 | |
| Rose Haupt Property Deposit | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Empire Graphite Mine | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Flake Graphite Co. Property | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite | Past Producer | 1906, 1919, 1925 | |
| Flake Graphite Co.Mine | Graphite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Corners | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Lake Desolation | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| North Greenfield | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| Chatfield Corner | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| Kings | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| Greenfield Center | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Middle Grove | 4.2 miles | 28 |
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.










