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Brick Tavern, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Claverack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. It lies near Mount Ida. The Survey maps it on the Stottville quadrangle.

Brick Tavern within Columbia County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Brick Tavern, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Brick Tavern, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Brick Tavern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 415 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined128
Debris and open burning48
Natural36
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking20
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Brick Tavern: 5 producers, 4 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Philmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Philmont Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
West Athens Clay PitClayProducer
West Athens Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brick Tavern in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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
October 2020Thunderstorm WindBrick Tavern-Downed wires resulted in a road closure on Route 66 at Route 9H.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindBrick Tavern-A tree and wires were reported down.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBrick Tavern-Six trees were downed near Route 9H in the town of Claverack due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBrick Tavern-Trees were downed on Gahbauer Road near Tipple Lane and Egan Lane in the town of Claverack due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Flash FloodBrick Tavern-Flash flooding from thunderstorm heavy rainfall was reported in the town of Claverack. State Route 9H, just south of the intersection with State Route 66, was impassable due to flowing water.
August 2012Flash FloodBrick Tavern-Flash flooding was reported on State Route 9H, 1/4 mile south of State Route 66, due to heavy rainfall from repeated thunderstorms.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Country Estates East1.0 miles21
Stottville1.2 miles21
Lorenz Park2.5 miles25
Stockport2.8 miles21
Greenport Center3.0 miles27
Mellenville3.2 miles21
Claverack3.3 miles23
Oakdale3.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972258. 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.