Averill Park, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Sand Lake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12018. It lies near Smauder Hill. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle. 2,098 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 784 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Averill Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Sand Lake Baptist Churchlisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresAverill Park grew from 1,693 to 2,098 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,693 | |
| 2020 | 2,098 | +405 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1893 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1925 USGS Troy quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Averill Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
284 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Averill Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 54 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 | 139 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Averill Park: 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alps Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| C.E. Wicks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| C.E. Wicks Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dunns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dunns Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edgewood Drive Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Edgewood Drive Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Morans Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reid Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Averill Park in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Hail | Averill Park | $12,000 | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Averill Park | $2,000 | no account filed |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Averill Park | - | Tree and wires were downed at Lake Avenue and Old Route 66. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Averill Park | - | The center courtyard at Averill Park High School in Averill Park was inundated with water due to heavy rainfall. The drains could not handle the amount of water and backed up, leaving about a foot of water in the courtyard. A few inches of water came into the school hallways and classrooms through vents and doorways. As a result of the flooding, school was cancelled for the day and 1,100 students were sent home. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Averill Park | - | Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the intersection of State Route 43 and Gettle Road in Averill Park. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Averill Park | - | Wynantskill Creek was reported flowing out of its banks with water on Thais Road at the intersection of Springer Road. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Averill Park | - | Trees and wires blown down. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Averill Park | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Averill Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Averill Park | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Averill Park | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Lake | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Glass Lake | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Bon Acre | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Maple Grove | 1.6 miles | 30 | |
| West Sand Lake | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Denault Corners | 3.0 miles | 30 | |
| Sliters | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Millers Corners | 3.5 miles | 30 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Averill Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460564 | The 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 942730. 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.













