Snake Hill, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stillwater town. It lies in ZIP code area 12866. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Quaker Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 89 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
12 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.
- 1900 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1934 USGS Quaker Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Schuylerville 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
- 1967 USGS Quaker Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
176 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Snake Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 7 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 | 84 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Saratoga National Historical Park | GROZNIAK |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 17 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Snake 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Jamaica Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snake Hill in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Hail | Snake Hill | - | A trained spotter reported 0.75 inch hail in the town of Stillwater on the corner of Route 9 and Lake Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snake Hill | - | An emergency manager reported a tree and wires down on Dunning Road. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Snake Hill | - | Dime to quarter size hail was reported near Stillwater. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snake Hill | - | Route 9P was closed between Plains Road and Lake Road due to downed poles and wires. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snake Hill | - | Trees and power lines were downed on Route 9P near Lake Avenue in the town of Malta due to thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Shade | 1.1 miles | 27 | |
| Wayville | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lakeside Acres | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Mannings Cove | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Riley Cove | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Ketchums Corners | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Francis Corners | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Cedar Bluffs | 2.7 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965552. 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.











