BlockBuskirk, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hoosick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12028. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle. It stands 364 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Buskirk
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
- Brownell-Cornell-Gibbs Farmsteadlisted 2012
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hoosick quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:25000
- 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
128 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Buskirk between 1993 and 2020, burning about 133 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 19 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buskirk in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Hail | Buskirk | 1 hurt, $1,000 | Hail 2 inches deep. Buskirk firefighter injured in truck accident due to flooded road. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Buskirk | $75,000 | The Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge rose above flood stage, reaching moderate flood stage during the late afternoon hours on December 18 to the early morning hours on December 19. Water overflowed onto River Road next to the Buskirk covered bridge as well as County Route 103 between Route 67 and the covered bridge. In addition, houses were flooded near Eagle Bridge. Newspaper reported flood waters partially submerging a truck and trailer in Buskirk. Portions of Buskirk-West Hoosick Road were also closed. |
| January 2018 | Flash Flood | Buskirk | $10,000 | An ice jam on the Hoosic River broke loose and flooded Route 103 with ice and water between Route 67 and the covered bridge over the Hoosic River. A water rescue was performed for a vehicle stuck in moving water. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Flood | Buskirk | $1,000 | At 2036 LST on Wednesday February 13th, Rennselaer County Emergency Management officials reported water flowing over the banks of the Hoosic River near the Buskirk Bridge. The water flowed through a cornfield and affected several buildings near Buskirk.||The flooding was the result of an ice jam that obstructed the flow of water in the Hoosic River, causing the water to back up behind the jam and overflow the banks of the river. Heavy rain exacerbated this situation.||The ice jam resulted in flooding on County Route 103 in Rensselaer County. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | - | One oak tree was snapped and blocking Route 67. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | - | Law enforcement reported a couple of trees down on houses in the Buskirk area, one of which occurred along State Route 67. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Buskirk | - | Flooding continued along Route 103 between Route 67 and the covered bridge over the Hoosic River due to an earlier ice jam breaking loose. Flood waters slowly receded as the ice jam moved downstream, but water remained over the road until the 15th. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Buskirk | - | Route 103 in Buskirk was reported flooded approximately one mile south of Route 67. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Buskirk | - | Major flooding occurred on the Hoosic River. The Eagle Bridge river gage located on the right bank 0.5 miles upstream from Case Brook, 1.2 miles downstream from Walloomsac River, and 1.2 miles southeast of Eagle Bridge exceeded its 11 foot flood stage at 1:31 pm EST August 28th, its 13 foot moderate flood stage at 3:43 pm, its 16 foot major flood stage at 6:31 pm, it crested at 19.24 feet at 12:30 am August 29th, and dropped below flood stage at 2:29 pm August 29th. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | - | A tree was reported down in Buskirk due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Buskirk | - | Nickel size hail was reported in Buskirk during a thunderstorm. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | - | Trees and wires were reported down in Buskirk as a result of strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buskirk | - | A barn was reportedly blown 120 feet from its location approximately 3 miles west southwest of Eagle Bridge. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Buskirk | - | Penny size hail was reported in South Buskirk. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Buskirk | - | A trained spotter reported three quarter inch hail at Buskirk. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Buskirk | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Buskirk | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Buskirk | 0.6 miles | 29 | |
| Eagle Bridge | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| West Hoosick | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| East Pittstown | 3.8 miles | 29 | |
| Hoosick Junction | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Johnsonville | 5.0 miles | 30 | |
| Diamondwood Estates | 5.1 miles | 29 | |
| North Hoosick | 5.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q123206656 | 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 945334. 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.
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.