South Horicon, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It lies in ZIP code area 12815. It lies near Panther Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Chestertown quadrangle.
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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 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 North Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Chestertown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of South Horicon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 11 September 2000 | 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
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of South Horicon: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica, Feldspar, Quartz. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestertown Occurrence | Mica, Feldspar, Quartz | Past Producer | 1897, 1922 | |
| Owens Property Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Potterville Prospect | Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Mica | Occurrence | Graphite, Phlogopite, Pyrite | |
| Town of Chester Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1911, 1975 | |
| Willis Brown Property Deposit | Feldspar, Mica | Prospect | ||
| Chestertown Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Horicon in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2004 | Flash Flood | South Horicon | $160,000 | Pease Hill Road and Harris Road washed out. In town of Lakeshore, portions of Routes 8 and 9N were damaged. |
| December 2023 | Flood | South Horicon | $30,000 | Bolton Landing-Riverbank Road (Route 11) in Bolton was impacted by flooding near New Vermont Road. |
| April 2019 | Flood | South Horicon | $1,000 | High water levels made its way into several homes and onto several roads across northern Warren county. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Horicon | - | Multiple trees were uprooted along with penny size hail. |
| November 2019 | Flood | South Horicon | - | The Schroon River at Riverbank exceeded moderate flood stage between 1718EST 1 November and 1615EST 5 November, cresting at 9.81 feet at 1800EST 2 November. County Route 10 was impassable for a time due to the flooding. |
| April 2014 | Flood | South Horicon | - | The river gage for the Schroon River at Riverbank reached minor flood stage on April 13th at 6:00 PM EST and continued to rise to a crest of 9.79 feet on April 17th at 1:15 AM EST. It finally dropped below flood stage on April 21st at 1:30 PM EST. The river was in major flood stage (greater than 9 feet) between April 15th at 11:30 PM EST and April 18th at 4:00 PM EST.||The Schroon River gage is located on the right bank of the river, 30 ft upstream from a highway bridge, 0.6 mi upstream from Alder Brook, 6.4 mi downstream from a dam at Starbuckville, and 11.8 mi downstream from Schroon Lake, at Riverbank, Warren County, New York. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Horicon | - | Multiple power lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starbuckville | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Brant Lake | 1.6 miles | 29 | |
| Chestertown | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Darrowsville | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Riverbank | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Pottersville | 6.1 miles | 26 | |
| North Bolton | 6.7 miles | 30 | |
| Riparius | 7.2 miles | 26 |
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 Q122566927 | 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 965786. 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.









