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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.

Clarksville 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 Clarksville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Clarksville, surveyed 1893

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

121 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism13
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 6,006 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Stereum neglectum PeckStereum neglectum Peck1894C. L. ShearAlcove
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta innumerabilis, not of this specimenPhyllosticta innumerabilis Peck1847C.L. Shear
A photograph of the species Phragmidium speciosum, not of this specimenPhragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord.1855SartwellE Novo-Eboraco [= New York]
A photograph of the species Culaea inconstans, not of this specimenCulaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)1860W. SwartzKrumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville
A photograph of the species Sorex fumeus, not of this specimenSorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 18951860William J. Hamilton Jr.Rensselaerville
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Barbilophozia barbata, not of this specimenBarbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske1863C. F. AustinIn Mountain localities
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Brachythecium rutabulum, not of this specimenBrachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1863C. H. PeckHelderberg Mountains

All 6,006 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
New Salem DepositSulfurOccurrence
James H. Malloy, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James H. Maloy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

8 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2011Flash FloodClarksville1 killedA 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 2002Thunderstorm WindClarksville$8,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindClarksville$3,000no account filed
September 2022Thunderstorm WindClarksville-A pole was reported down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Trees were downed in New Scotland, south of Voorheesville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindClarksville-A tree was downed at Stove Pipe Road and Upper Flat Rock Road.
August 2018Heavy RainClarksville-Heavy rainfall of 1.80 inches fell in 45 minutes.
September 2011FloodClarksville-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.

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
Tarrytown1.4 miles31
Wolf Hill3.1 miles21
Reidsville3.2 miles21
New Salem3.2 miles31
Stony Hill3.3 miles31
Keefers Corners3.5 miles31
Unionville4.4 miles31
New Scotland4.5 miles30

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.