Union Mills, New York
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Broadalbin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12025. It stands on Pittock Brook. The Survey maps it on the Broadalbin quadrangle.
Then and now
1899 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 86 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
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1899 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500
- 1902 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1945 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Utica quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Broadalbin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gloversville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Union Mills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 286 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 31 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union Mills in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Flood | Union Mills | $1,000 | South Shore Road between Fayville Road and Northville Road was closed near the Town of Providence due to a landslide. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Union Mills | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Fish House during a thunderstorm by a WeatherNet6 spotter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Corners | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Gorthey Corners | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| North Broadalbin | 1.9 miles | 22 | |
| Mills Corners | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Benedict | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Stever Mill | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Honeywell Corners | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Fish House | 3.8 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968204. 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.
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.










