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Starks Knob, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Northumberland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12871. The Survey maps it on the Schuylerville quadrangle.

Starks Knob within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Starks Knob, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Starks Knob, surveyed 1900

On record in Starks Knob

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Starks Knob between 1992 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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
4 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing 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 Saratoga 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 Starks Knob: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Bald Mountain DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Middle Falls QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast ProducerDolomite, Limestone
Peckham Materials Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant Number 31Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Schuylerville DepositSilicaPast ProducerSedimentary
Stark Knob QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence1910, 1925
Unnamed OccurrenceLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1845

Every working recorded in Saratoga 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
Northumberland0.4 miles27
Bacon Hill1.3 miles27
Schuylerville1.5 miles26
Grangerville2.1 miles26
Victory Mills2.4 miles26
Gates3.4 miles27
Forest Hills3.6 miles28
Queens Court4.0 miles28

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 Q122570025The 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 966256. 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.