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Cobleskill, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Cobleskill town. It lies in ZIP code area 12043. It lies near Mount Shank. The Survey maps it on the Cobleskill quadrangle. 4,173 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.

Cobleskill within Schoharie County

Then and now

1898 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cobleskill, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Cobleskill, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

On record in Cobleskill

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

Population over time

3 figures

Cobleskill fell from 4,533 to 4,173 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20004,533
20104,678+145 (+3%)
20204,173-505 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Cobleskill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 119 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism12
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural3
Smoking3
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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schoharie County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cobleskill: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cobleskill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cobleskill Quarry and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Howes Cave Number 6 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Schoharie County

Storms near this place

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cobleskill in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 16 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
November 1996Flash FloodCobleskill$150,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$15,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$7,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$5,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$4,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$3,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$2,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$2,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$2,000no account filed
July 1996HailCobleskill$2,000no account filed
May 2000HailCobleskill$1,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$1,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindCobleskill$1,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCobleskill-Numerous trees were downed in the Town of Cobleskill.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCobleskill-A tractor trailer was blown over on Interstate 88 between exits 21 and 22. Emergency services were dispatched with no reports of injuries.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCobleskill-One tree was downed along with wires.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCobleskill-Multiple trees and branches were reported down in Cobleskill as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCobleskill-Trees were reported down in Cobleskill due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2011FloodCobleskill-The Cobleskill Creek and tributaries flooded in and around Cobleskill. Major flooding occurred on the campus of the State University of New York at Cobleskill. Five dorms and some academic buildings were damage due to the flooding. Classes were cancelled as of 12:45 pm EST Wednesday, September 7th, and remained cancelled on Thursday and Friday. All Cobleskill-Richmondville Central Schools were closed on Wednesday and remained closed on Thursday. Students and staff were sheltered in four district buildings because roads were closed in the area and buses could not get through to bring students home. It was reported that as many as 1,000 students were sheltered once classes were cancelled. This number was down to about 100 by 5 pm EST with 8 students ending up spending the night. Water damage occurred to homes and businesses and the fairgrounds flooded. The following road closures were reported: Route 7 from Warnerville into Cobleskill, Route 7 from Burgon Drive to Forester Road, South Grand Street from Main Street to Mineral Springs Road, Elm Street from North Grand to Warnerville cut-off, and Route 145 from Settles Mountain Road from Lawyersville into Cobleskill.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCobleskill-Trees were reported down in Cobleskill due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2006FloodCobleskill-Law enforcement personnel reported that State Route 7 was closed due to flooding from the Cobleskill Creek at the east end of the village of Cobleskill.
June 2006FloodCobleskill-Law enforcement personnel reported that Route 10 to the west of Cobleskill was impassable due to flooding.
November 2005HailCobleskill-A trained spotter reported that three quarter inch hail occurred at Cobleskill.
May 2020HailCobleskill-no account filed
May 2002HailCobleskill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schoharie 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
Warnerville1.7 miles17
Mineral Springs1.9 miles22
Lawyersville2.0 miles17
Greenbush3.1 miles22
Barnerville3.2 miles22
Hyndsville4.1 miles17
Carlisle Center4.4 miles22
Bramanville4.5 miles22

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 CobleskillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3462021The 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 946981. 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.