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Cedar Hill, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bethlehem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12158. It stands on Vloman Kill. The Survey maps it on the Delmar quadrangle.

Cedar Hill within Albany 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 Cedar Hill, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Cedar Hill, surveyed 1893

On record in Cedar Hill

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 33 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 49 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/undetermined137
Arson/incendiarism49
Natural20
Debris and open burning18
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance2.1 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 6,875 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 6,875 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cedar Hill between 1760 and 1975: 4,154 Fungi, 1,785 Animalia, 759 Plantae, 77 Protozoa, 55 Chromista, 43 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. Clapp and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Stereum neglectum PeckStereum neglectum Peck1894C. L. ShearAlcove
Specimen of Puccinia areolata Dietel & Holw.Puccinia areolata Dietel & Holw.1900Aven NelsonTelephone mines
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
A photograph of the species Utricularia gibba, not of this specimenUtricularia gibba L.1828J. HallGreenbush
A photograph of the species Peziza acetabulum, not of this specimenPeziza acetabulum L.1829H.H. EatonAlbany
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Bidens tripartita, not of this specimenBidens tripartita L.1830Collector unspecifiedAlbany
A photograph of the species Spiranthes lacera, not of this specimenSpiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.1834Herb. (Jas.) MacnabAlbany
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1837A. ClappN. Albany.
A photograph of the species Stylosanthes Sw., not of this specimenStylosanthes Sw.1837Clapp, A.New Albany.
A photograph of the species Peziza multipuncta, not of this specimenPeziza multipuncta Peck1847C.H. PeckAlbany

All 6,875 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Hill: 15 producers, 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
East Nassau Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Bethlehem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Hill in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 WindCedar Hill-Route 144 was closed between Wemple Rd and Clapper Rd due to downed poles and wires.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCedar Hill-A tree and wires were reported down in Glenmont due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2015HailCedar Hill-Golfball size hail was reported in the Cedar Hill hamlet of Bethlehem during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Beaver Dam (historical)1.0 miles33
Selkirk1.6 miles33
Beckers Corners2.0 miles33
Wemple2.1 miles33
Pine Ridge Estates3.0 miles33
Bethlehem Heights3.2 miles33
South Albany3.9 miles33
South Bethlehem4.0 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946108. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.