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Wilton, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Wilton town. It lies in ZIP code area 12831. It stands on Little Snook Kill. The Survey maps it on the Gansevoort quadrangle.

Wilton within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilton, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Wilton, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Wilton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 463 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined91
Debris and open burning37
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural3
Other causes1

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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wilton: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Graphite Products Corp MineGraphite, Sulfur-PyritePast Producer1910, 1918, 1925
Graphite Products Corp.Graphite, Sulfur-PyritePast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed OccurrenceGranite, GarnetPast Producer1882, 1925
Graphite Products Corp.MineGraphitePast Producer
Gansevoort PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansevoort Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hudson Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilton in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 winter weather. The reports record 5 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
December 1998Winter WeatherWilton5 hurt, $10,000A weak disturbance produced a little freezing rain and sleet across the Lake George Saratoga Region on December 8. The freezing rain produced slick roads that lead to a five car collision in the town of Wilton in Saratoga County at 3:30 PM on December 8.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindWilton$50,000A cold front moved south from Canada into the Saint Lawrence Valley late on the 2nd of June resulting in severe thunderstorms across parts of eastern New York. Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines across parts of Madison, Oneida, Chenango, Otsego, and Saratoga Counties. Especially hard hit was the Westerville area in Oneida County where many roads were closed by fallen trees. In Saratoga County trees fell on a home in Wilton causing extensive damage to the home, while a motorcyclist was injured when a large tree limb fell on him in Saratoga Springs.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindWilton$45,000***NWS employee confirmed storm as wet microburst.*** Numerous trees and wires down, many power outages, and roofs damaged. In addition, two cars were completely totaled when a large pine tree fell onto them.
July 2021Flash FloodWilton$10,000A water rescue occurred in the Town of Wilton due to a car stuck in flood waters. The intersection of Ballard Road and U.S. Route 9 was closed due to flooding.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWilton$10,000no account filed
August 1993Thunderstorm WindWilton$5,000no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWilton$3,000no account filed
May 2025HailWilton-A local emergency manager reported 1 inch in diameter hail in Wilton near Corinth Mountain Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWilton-An emergency manager reported trees and wires down on Corinth Mountain Road in Wilton.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trees were downed in the Town of Wilton.
June 2023HailWilton-Picture confirmed at least 1 inch hail with some slightly larger in Wilton.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trees and wires were downed 0.5 miles south of Ballard Road.
July 2021FloodWilton-Yards and roads flooded in the Town of Wilton, all runoff.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWilton-Tree limbs were downed on Corinth Mountain Road.
May 2020Tornado (EF1)Wilton-A brief tornado hit the Wilton, New York area. The tornado touched down near the intersection of Nichols Road and Woodard Road and tracked east for around two miles before lifting at the intersection of Wilton-Gansevoort Road and Blanchard Road. The path was nearly continuous with several softwood trees snapped and uprooted (some|onto houses), and street signs blown down and displaced. Also, part of the sheeting of a warehouse roof was peeled off and landed on a van, and an empty trailer was blown on top of a van.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trees were snapped and downed at 29 Parkhurst Road in Wilton due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trees and wires were reported down in Wilton via Facebook as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Flash FloodWilton-A section of Parkhurst Road in Wilton was reportedly washed out due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
May 2012HailWilton-Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Wilton.
September 2007HailWilton-Quarter size hail was reported in Wilton.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWilton-Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down along Route 9, in Wilton.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWilton-In Wilton, trees were blown down on Loudon and Ballard Roads. Wireswere knocked down on Ballard Road.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWilton-Trees down.
July 1994HailWilton-26,1323EST- *,,1400EST,,,0,0,3,0,Urban Flood Northumberland,26,1330EST,,,0,2,0,0,Lightning Wilton,26,1335EST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.75) Greenfield,26,1340EST,,,0,0,0,0,Hail (1.75) Greenfield Center,26,1340EST,,,0,0,5,0,Thunderstorm Winds N Portion,26,1358EST,,,0,0,6,0,Thunderstorm Winds
May 2020HailWilton-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindWilton-no account filed

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
Gurn Spring1.5 miles28
Adirondack Estates1.7 miles28
Travers Corners1.7 miles28
Grants Woods2.2 miles28
Kings Station2.3 miles27
Ashfords Way2.5 miles28
Randall Corner3.6 miles27
Fox Run Estates3.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971433. 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.