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Coldbrook, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Rotterdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12303. The Survey maps it on the Schenectady quadrangle.

Coldbrook within Schenectady 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 Coldbrook, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Coldbrook, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 33 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

726 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 726 fires within 5 miles of Coldbrook between 1995 and 2020, burning about 612 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 177 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/undetermined352
Arson/incendiarism177
Smoking61
Debris and open burning43
Natural38
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Coldbrook: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Guilderland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leto Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wagner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Schenectady 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
Carman0.8 miles33
Hungry Hill0.9 miles33
Mount Pleasant1.3 miles33
Steinmetz Homes1.4 miles33
Rotterdam1.6 miles33
South Schenectady1.6 miles33
Bellevue1.7 miles33
Schenectady2.5 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947086. 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.