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Albrights, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Baltimore town. It lies in ZIP code area 12087. The Survey maps it on the Ravena quadrangle.

Albrights within Greene County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Albrights, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Albrights, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Albrights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined85
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning19
Natural18
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
8 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Albrights: 12 producers, 12 past producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Alcove QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Climax West Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Climax West Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Hannacroix0.4 miles25
Otter Hook1.8 miles25
Deans Mill1.8 miles25
New Baltimore2.0 miles25
Roberts Hill2.4 miles25
Medway4.3 miles25
West Coxsackie4.5 miles25
Climax4.6 miles25

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 Q122553393The 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 2465992. 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.