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Clinton Park, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in East Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 12144. It lies near Rysedorph Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Greenbush quadrangle.

Clinton Park within Rensselaer 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 Clinton Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Clinton Park, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

932 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 932 fires within 5 miles of Clinton Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 176 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/undetermined574
Arson/incendiarism176
Debris and open burning45
Natural44
Smoking30
Equipment and vehicle use24
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clinton Park: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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
Albany Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Castleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Albany Clay PitClayProducer
Albany Clay PitClayPast Producer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayProducer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselaer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselear Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinton Park in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindClinton Park-Several trees and power lines were downed on the lower end of the City of Rensselaer.
May 2013HailClinton Park-Amateur radio reported quarter size hail fell in Rensselaer, which covered the ground.
August 2011FloodClinton Park-Major flooding occurred on the Hudson River at Troy and Albany with minor flooding at Waterford at the Lock 1C dam. ||The Troy river gage located about 1 mile north of Route 7 exceeded its 21.5 foot flood stage 5:21 pm EST August 28th, its 24 foot moderate flood stage at 2:06 am August 29th, its 27 foot major flood stage at 2:30 pm, it crested at 27.05 feet at 3:15 pm, and dropped below its flood stage 12:37 pm August 30th.||The Albany river gage located on right bank 0.1 miles upstream from bridge on U.S. Highways 9 and 20 in Albany exceeded its 11 foot flood stage at 11:12 pm EST August 28th, its 13 foot moderate flood stage at 6:50 am August 29th, its 15 foot major flood stage 3:26 pm, it crested at 15.40 feet at 6:15 pm August 29th, and dropped below flood stage at 6:44 am August 30th. ||The Rensselaer County Emergency Management Office requested voluntary evacuations for parts of the City of Troy due to flooding from the Hudson River for|the neighborhoods between Ferry Street (Route 2) and the Menands Bridge (Route 378) from the Hudson River east to Fourth Street (Route 4) in South Troy and the area between 112th Street and 126th Street from the Hudson River to 5th Avenue in Lanisngbugh (North Troy). Numerous homes and businesses were flooded in downtown Troy including Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. ||The Dunn Memorial Bridge eastbound ramp to Routes 9 and 20 was closed due to flooding from 10:45 am August 29th to midday on Augsut 30th.

Every storm 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
Hampton Manor0.2 miles31
Clinton Heights0.5 miles31
Hampton Park0.7 miles31
Prospect Heights0.8 miles31
Couse1.4 miles31
Sherwood Park1.5 miles31
Rensselaer1.5 miles32
Van Allen Park2.4 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 946893. 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.

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.