The Plains, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Jackson town. It lies in ZIP code area 12816. The Survey maps it on the Shushan quadrangle.

The Plains within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of The Plains, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet of The Plains, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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.

1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1946 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1947 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:25000
1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Shushan quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of The Plains between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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	45
Debris and open burning	31
Arson/incendiarism	15
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Natural	3
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
4 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
8 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
2 August 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
18 August 2006	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Fire Department of New York	not named
16 August 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
9 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
6 July 1997	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	New York Forest Rangers	not named
25 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of The Plains: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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
	White Creek Pb Mine	Lead	Occurrence

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ravenwood Estates	1.5 miles	29
Ash Grove	2.0 miles	29
Cambridge	2.1 miles	27
Coila	2.5 miles	27
Shushan	2.7 miles	29
Anaquassacook	2.9 miles	29
Eagleville	3.3 miles	29
Pumpkin Hook	4.0 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 967323. 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.