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South Bay, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Fort Ann town. It lies in ZIP code area 12827. It stands on Mount Hope Brook. The Survey maps it on the Shelving Rock quadrangle.

South Bay within Washington County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 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 Bay, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of South Bay, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 31 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

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of South Bay between 1993 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersDOG FIRE
4 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremony45 acresNew York Forest RangersSLEEPING BEAUTY MTN
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 South Bay: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Adirondack Mining and Milling Co MineGraphite, Quartz, Feldspar, MicaPast Producer1904, 1907
Hooper Brothers MineGraphite, Quartz, Feldspar, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1916, 1921
Mount Hope MineIron, Quartz, Sulfur-Pyrite, FeldsparPast Producer1879, 1881
Champlain Graphite Co. MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerMetamorphic
Champlain Graphite Company MineGraphite, Feldspar, QuartzPast Producer1904, 1908
Hooper Bros. MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerGraphite, Pyrite
Lee Pit No. 1 & 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Leaf Co. ProspectGraphite, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrence1904, 1907
Stiles PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mount Hope MineIronPast Producer

Every working 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
Hogtown2.6 miles31
Mount Hope2.7 miles28
Iron Furnace2.7 miles28
Comstock5.7 miles28
Whitehall6.0 miles30
Grays Corner6.5 miles30
Fort Ann7.5 miles28
Huletts Landing8.1 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965674. 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.