Sugarbush, New York
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12989. It lies near Whooley Hill. The Survey maps it on the Alder Brook quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1911 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Lyon Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Alder Brook quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Sugarbush between 1995 and 2018, burning about 49 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | ROCK STREET |
| 13 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | LOON LAKE RR |
| 10 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | UNION FALLS POND FIRE |
| 17 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 July 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 28 June 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sugarbush: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Duncan Mountain Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Duncan Mountain Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldsmith | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Alder Brook | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Two Brooks | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Merrillsville | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Loon Lake | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Franklin Falls | 7.2 miles | 27 | |
| Forestdale | 7.7 miles | 27 | |
| Vermontville | 8.0 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973125. 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.







