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Brunswick, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brunswick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12180. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle.

Brunswick 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 Brunswick, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Brunswick, surveyed 1893

On record in Brunswick

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 2 records

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

309 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Brunswick between 1992 and 2020, burning about 356 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined152
Debris and open burning50
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural24
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 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 Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Brunswick: 6 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Campbell Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Mountain Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 66 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Troy Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brunswick in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning, 1 high wind. The reports record 13 injuries. 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
June 2001High WindBrunswick11 hurt, $25,000A cold front, moving across Renselaer County, late during the afternoon of June 20, produced wind gusts that while below warning criteria, nevertheless damaged a church under construction in the town of Brunswick. The building was only in the framing state and trusses were being placed on a roof. The precariously ballanced trusses were toppled into the church by wind speeds estimated between 30 and 50 mph . Eleven workers suffered injuries, one of which was severe.
July 2004LightningBrunswick2 hurt, $1,000Lightning suspected to have struck a place of business in Brunswick. Two minor injuries occured; one due to smoke inhalation, and another due to a firefighter falling off a ladder.
June 2002LightningBrunswick$50,000no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBrunswick$35,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindBrunswick$22,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBrunswick$6,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBrunswick$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBrunswick$5,000no account filed
May 2000HailBrunswick$1,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBrunswick-Trees and wires were reported down in Brunswick due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBrunswick-Multiple trees were reported down in Brunswick due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2007HailBrunswick-Golf ball size hail was reported in and near Brunswick, and covered the ground. There was reported damage to vehicles.

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
Cropseyville0.9 miles30
Clums Corner1.2 miles28
Eagle Mills2.3 miles30
Tamarack2.7 miles28
Poestenkill3.1 miles30
Quackenkill3.2 miles28
Brunswick Center3.2 miles28
Barberville3.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 944971. 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.