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Ushers, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Halfmoon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12151. It stands on Dwaas Kill. The Survey maps it on the Round Lake quadrangle.

Ushers within Saratoga County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The 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 sheet of Ushers, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Ushers, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

412 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Ushers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 566 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 79 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/undetermined198
Arson/incendiarism79
Smoking34
Debris and open burning31
Natural28
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
30 September 2005Natural1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2001Smoking1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ushers: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayProducer
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayPast Producer
Mechcanicville Clay PitClayProducer
Round Lake Clay PitClayProducer
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Collins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Willow Glen Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ushers in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 68 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2020Thunderstorm WindUshers1 killedA pine tree fell onto a car and resulted in a fatality.
May 1998Tornado (F3)Ushers68 hurt, $60,000,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindUshers-Large tree branches were downed.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindUshers-A tree and wires were downed across Kennedy Lane near the Town of Clifton Park.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindUshers-A tree was downed near the intersection of Ushers Road and Tabor Road in Ushers.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindUshers-Wires were downed near Wood Road and Route 9 in Clifton Park.
June 2017HailUshers-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm near Round Lake.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindUshers-Trees and wires were downed.
July 2016HailUshers-Quarter size hail was reported in the Ushers section of Clifton Park during a thunderstorm.
July 2016HailUshers-Quarter size hail was a reported in Clifton Park during a thunderstorm.

Every storm 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
Coons1.6 miles30
Country Knolls1.7 miles32
Lake Ridge2.3 miles32
Round Lake2.3 miles32
Maltaville2.6 miles32
Jonesville2.7 miles32
Elnora2.7 miles32
Willow Glen2.9 miles30

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 Q122553543The 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 968323. 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.

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.