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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.

Averill Park within Rensselaer 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 Averill Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Averill Park, surveyed 1893

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

Population over time

2 figures

Averill 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,693
20202,098+405 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

284 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined139
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning44
Natural21
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alps PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Morans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reid PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

11 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2001HailAverill Park$12,000no account filed
August 1995HailAverill Park$2,000no account filed
October 2019Thunderstorm WindAverill Park-Tree and wires were downed at Lake Avenue and Old Route 66.
September 2015FloodAverill 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 2014HailAverill Park-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the intersection of State Route 43 and Gettle Road in Averill Park.
August 2011FloodAverill Park-Wynantskill Creek was reported flowing out of its banks with water on Thais Road at the intersection of Springer Road.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAverill Park-Trees and wires blown down.
June 2005HailAverill Park-no account filed
May 2001HailAverill Park-no account filed
July 2001HailAverill Park-no account filed
July 1994HailAverill Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rensselaer 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
Sand Lake0.7 miles30
Glass Lake1.2 miles30
Bon Acre1.4 miles30
Maple Grove1.6 miles30
West Sand Lake3.0 miles30
Denault Corners3.0 miles30
Sliters3.4 miles30
Millers Corners3.5 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.

Wikipedia article on Averill ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3460564The 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.