Clarksville, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in New Scotland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12041. It lies near Bennett Hill. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Clarksville
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
Teunis Houghtaling Houselisted 2004- Clarksville Elementary Schoollisted 2008
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1927 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
121 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Clarksville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 6,006 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 6,006 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clarksville between 1847 and 1975: 3,441 Fungi, 1,881 Animalia, 518 Plantae, 97 Protozoa, 50 Chromista, 19 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stereum neglectum Peck | 1894 | C. L. Shear | Alcove |
![]() | Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1898 | Charles H. Peck | near Albany |
![]() | Coniothyrium Corda, 1840 | 1899 | not recorded | |
![]() | Phyllosticta innumerabilis Peck | 1847 | C.L. Shear | |
![]() | Phragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord. | 1855 | Sartwell | E Novo-Eboraco [= New York] |
![]() | Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840) | 1860 | W. Swartz | Krumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville |
![]() | Sorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 1895 | 1860 | William J. Hamilton Jr. | Rensselaerville |
![]() | Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mt. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
![]() | Barbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske | 1863 | C. F. Austin | In Mountain localities |
![]() | Barbula unguiculata Hedw. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
![]() | Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1863 | C. H. Peck | Helderberg Mountains |
All 6,006 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Clarksville: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Salem Deposit | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| James H. Malloy, Inc. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| James H. Maloy Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Rupert Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksville in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Clarksville | 1 killed | A woman died when she was swept into the Onesquethaw Creek near her home on Slingerlands Avenue in Clarksville. The time of her death is estimated. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksville | $8,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksville | - | A pole was reported down. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksville | - | Trees were downed in New Scotland, south of Voorheesville. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clarksville | - | A tree was downed at Stove Pipe Road and Upper Flat Rock Road. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Clarksville | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.80 inches fell in 45 minutes. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Clarksville | - | The Delaware Turnpike, Route 85/Route 443, in the Town of New Scotland and Route 443 just west of Route 85 in the Town of Berne were closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarrytown | 1.4 miles | 31 | |
| Wolf Hill | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Reidsville | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| New Salem | 3.2 miles | 31 | |
| Stony Hill | 3.3 miles | 31 | |
| Keefers Corners | 3.5 miles | 31 | |
| Unionville | 4.4 miles | 31 | |
| New Scotland | 4.5 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946794. 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.

























