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Coeymans Hollow, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Coeymans town. It lies in ZIP code area 12046. It lies near Cole Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Alcove quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.

Coeymans Hollow within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coeymans Hollow, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Coeymans Hollow, surveyed 1893

On record in Coeymans Hollow

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

11 surveys from 25 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Coeymans Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 141 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,825 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,825 specimens collected within 10 miles of Coeymans Hollow between 1847 and 1975: 3,282 Fungi, 785 Animalia, 612 Plantae, 83 Protozoa, 44 Chromista, 19 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller, A.F. Sherf 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
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 Diphyscium foliosum, not of this specimenDiphyscium foliosum (Hedw.) D.Mohr1862Coe F. AustinSand Lake.
A photograph of the species Leucobryum glaucum, not of this specimenLeucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ã…ngstr.1862Coe F. AustinSand Lake.
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
A photograph of the species Crossocalyx hellerianus, not of this specimenCrossocalyx hellerianus (Nees ex Lindenb.) Meyl.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.

All 4,825 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Coeymans Hollow: 10 producers, 5 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, 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
Alcove QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayPast Producer
Starr PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Town of Bethlehem,Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
South Bethlehem Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coeymans Hollow in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow$7,500,000A barn roof was torn off due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow$45,000no account filed
June 1996HailCoeymans Hollow$5,000no account filed
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow-A local fire department reported several trees and wires down with wires on a car near Route 143 and Waterboard Road near Coeymans Hollow.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow-A local fire department reported a tree and power lines down on Blodgett Hill Road in the Town of Coeymans.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow-A tree and wires were downed on Biechman Road in the Town of Coeymans.
April 2022FloodCoeymans Hollow-Flooding was reported along Miller Road near Route 9W in Selkirk. Flooding was also reported along Marshall Road near Route 143 near Ravena.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow-Several trees were downed in Coeymans Hollow. Route 143 was closed between Blodgett Hill Road and Gedney Hill Road due to downed trees and wires.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow-Trees were downed at 1716 Route 143 in Coeymans, NY.
August 2019HailCoeymans Hollow-Quarter-sized hail lasted five to seven minutes.
August 2019HailCoeymans Hollow-Hail lasted 5 to 7 minutes.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCoeymans Hollow-A tree was reported down in Coeymans Hollow due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2009HailCoeymans Hollow-Golf ball size hail was reported in Coeymans Hollow during a thunderstorm.

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
Alcove1.7 miles25
Indian Fields (historical)3.0 miles25
Aquetuck3.1 miles25
Ravena4.2 miles25
Callanans Corners4.2 miles31
Keefers Corners4.8 miles31
South Bethlehem4.8 miles33
Spawn Hollow4.9 miles33

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 Coeymans HollowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249773The 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 947001. 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.