South Glens Falls, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Moreau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12803. The Survey maps it on the Glens Falls quadrangle. 3,744 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 344 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The 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.


On record in South Glens Falls
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Parks-Bentley Houselisted 1994
Population over time
3 figuresSouth Glens Falls grew from 3,368 to 3,744 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,368 | |
| 2010 | 3,518 | +150 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 3,744 | +226 (+6%) |
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.
- 1895 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1938 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
557 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 557 fires within 5 miles of South Glens Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 472 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 88 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 | 280 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 88 |
| Smoking | 55 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 38 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Smoking | 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
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of South Glens Falls: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Lumber & Lime Company Quarry | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | 1882, 1975 | |
| Chesterton Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Chestertown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Falls Quarry & Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Iuliucci Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chestertown Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Glens Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Glens Falls Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jointa Stone Quarry and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sandy Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Glens Falls in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Lightning | South Glens Falls | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Lightning | South Glens Falls | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | - | A tree was downed onto wires. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | - | Damage was reported near Feeder Dam Road in Moreau due to thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | - | One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in South Glens Falls. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | - | Trees down |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Glens Falls | - | Trees and wires down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pruyn Crest | 1.2 miles | 27 | |
| Fernwood | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Pine Valley | 2.0 miles | 27 | |
| Fenimore | 2.2 miles | 29 | |
| Gregory Manor | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Sunset Hill Downs | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Reynolds Corners | 3.2 miles | 27 | |
| White Birch Estates | 3.3 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on South Glens Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3452901 | The 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 970626. 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.











