Stillwater Center, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Stillwater town. It lies in ZIP code area 12118. The Survey maps it on the Mechanicville quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 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
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Mechanicville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Stillwater Center between 1993 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Saratoga National Historical Park | GROZNIAK |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 17 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 5 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stillwater Center: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Glen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayville | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Ketchums Corners | 1.7 miles | 27 | |
| Hillside Colony | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| Snake Hill | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Bemis Heights | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Maple Shade | 3.1 miles | 27 | |
| Riviera Estates | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Stillwater | 3.7 miles | 30 |
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 Q122548255 | 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 2463003. 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.













