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Cherryplain, New York

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Berlin town. It lies in ZIP code area 12022. It lies near Allen Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Berlin quadrangle. It stands 1,135 feet above sea level.

Cherryplain within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cherryplain, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Cherryplain, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 40 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

64 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Cherryplain between 2000 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2005Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 August 2011Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 July 2003Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cherryplain: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Jack Sweeney Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jack Sweeney Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Center Berlin2.3 miles40
North Stephentown2.3 miles38
Berlin4.5 miles40
Stephentown Center5.2 miles36
Stephentown5.6 miles38
Bucks Corner5.8 miles35
Garfield6.4 miles36
Taborton6.8 miles35

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 CherryplainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5092443The 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 979669. 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.