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South Argyle, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Argyle town. It lies in ZIP code area 12809. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle.

South Argyle within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Argyle, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of South Argyle, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of South Argyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 293 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined65
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2

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 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 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 Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of South Argyle: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Al Jean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

13 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Argyle in 13 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003LightningSouth Argyle1 hurtno account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle$50,000no account filed
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Argyle$5,000Hunter Road between Williams Road and Moore Road in the Town of Fort Edward was washed out due to flash flooding.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Tree limbs were reported down near MC Neil Road and Lick Springs Road near Argyle, NY.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-There was a down tree reported north of Greenwich.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-A tree was downed along Route 40 between Coach Road Spur and County Farm Road near Argyle.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Trees and wires were downed along County Route 49 between Saunders Road and State Route 40.
July 2021FloodSouth Argyle-Moore Road remained closed in the Town of Argyle due to flooding.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Argyle-Water covered the road along a portion of County Route 49 in the Town of Argyle.
July 2021Flash FloodSouth Argyle-Moore Road was closed in the Town of Argyle due to flash flooding.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Trees and wires were downed on Coon Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-Trees and wires were downed on County Route 49.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSouth Argyle-A tree was downed at the intersection of Route 40 and Route 49 in South Argyle due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Lick Springs1.2 miles27
North Greenwich1.9 miles27
Cossayuna3.5 miles27
Argyle3.7 miles27
Spraguetown3.7 miles27
Bald Mountain4.5 miles27
Durkeetown4.7 miles27
Fort Miller4.8 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122555635The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965662. 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.