Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1893.
From the record
“Vischer Ferry Historic District is a historic district in Saratoga County, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and its boundaries were increased in 1997.”
Wikipedia article Vischer Ferry Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 83 National Register listings published here for Saratoga County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
National Register reference number.75001224- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
676 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 676 fires within 5 miles of Vischer Ferry Historic District
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 115 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
370
Arson/incendiarism
115
Smoking
66
Natural
37
Debris and open burning
28
Misuse of fire by a minor
24
Equipment and vehicle use
23
Power generation/transmission/distribution
8
Railroad operations and maintenance
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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
11 workings within 5 miles of Vischer Ferry Historic District: 7 producers, 4 past producers.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Clifton Park, the town this property stands in, in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 29 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning.
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.
During the predawn hour on June 30, lightning from a thunderstorm struck a house in Clifton Park, causing a fire in the upper portions of the structure which produced extensive damage. No injuries were reported to the National Weather Service.
A warm and humid airmass was established across the Eastern United States. A stationary front from New York State eastward into Southern New England produced clusters of severe thunderstorms which were accompanied by very frequent lightning and torrential downpours. Lightning struck three homes in Saratoga County which caused roof and attic damage. Torrential rains also produced urban flooding in the cities of Schenectady and Saratoga Springs. A flash flood occurred in the town of Round Lake in Saratoga County as Ballston Creek overflowed its bank and a truck was washed into the creek.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms led to flash flooding in Clifton Park. Nearly two inches of rain fell in under an hour. As a result of the heavy rain, the intersection of Crossing Boulevard and Route 9 was closed. The nearby North Pointe Apartment Complex was impacted by the flood waters as well.
Flash flooding from thunderstorm heavy rain led to the closure of the left southbound lane on Interstate 87 (The Adirondack Northway) south of Exit 9 in Clifton Park. The lane remained closed for several hours until water receded.
Heavy rainfall from training thunderstorm clusters resulted in minor flooding of the Adirondack Northway, or Interstate 87, near and immediately south of Exit 9 on the southbound side in Clifton Park. The left lane on the southbound side was briefly closed due to ponding of water.
An ice jam moving along the Mohawk River near the Northway Bridge resulted in flooding between Halfmoon and Clifton Park. The flooding led to several road closures, including Riverview Road between Boyack Road and Van Vranken Road.
Heavy rainfall led to minor flooding of small streams and creeks, as well as in low lying, poor drainage areas and roadways, throughout the county, beginning Monday morning on the 16th, and continuing until the early morning hours of Tuesday the 17th.|Minor flooding affected several small streams and creeks, including the Tenedaho Creek near Round Lake, Ballston Creek near Ballston Center, and the Kayaderosseras Creek in Ballston Spa.|Several roads were closed as a result of high water levels, including a portion of Boyack Road between Clifton Park and Halfmoon, Bruno Road between Plank Road and Route 146 in Clifton Park, Outlet Road near Ballston Center between Powers Lane and Lake Road, and State Route 67 between the city of Mechanicville and George Thompson Road in the town of Stillwater.|
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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