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Spraguetown, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenwich town. It lies in ZIP code area 12834. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle.

Spraguetown 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 Spraguetown, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Spraguetown, 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

159 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Spraguetown between 1994 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined82
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Spraguetown: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845
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

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spraguetown in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Flash FloodSpraguetown$10,000A local emergency manager reported the partial wash out of Derby Road in the town of Greenwich.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSpraguetown-A tree was downed along Spraguetown Road in the Hamlet of Middle Falls.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSpraguetown-Trees and wires were downed on State Route 40.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSpraguetown-Trees and wires were downed on Rabbit Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSpraguetown-Trees and wires were downed on Derby Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSpraguetown-Multiple wires, poles and trees were downed on County Route 113 and County Route 70 in the town of Greenwich.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSpraguetown-Route 40 at Cottrell Road in the town of Greenwich was closed in both directions due to a downed tree.

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
North Greenwich1.8 miles27
Center Falls2.5 miles27
Greenwich3.1 miles27
Bald Mountain3.2 miles27
Battenville3.3 miles27
Middle Falls3.3 miles26
South Argyle3.7 miles27
Lick Springs4.0 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973107. 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.