BlockBefore

Columbiaville, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stockport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. It stands on Kinderhook Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hudson North quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Columbiaville within Columbia 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 Columbiaville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Columbiaville, surveyed 1893

On record in Columbiaville

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

205 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Columbiaville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 22 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/undetermined93
Debris and open burning27
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2011Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Columbiaville: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
West Athens Clay PitClayProducer
West Athens Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

10 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Columbiaville in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
October 2020Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville$5,000A tree fell through a house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville-A local 911 call center reported a tree down on wires near a residence in the town of Stockport.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville-Trees were reported down on wires on Chittenden Road in Stockport.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville-A local 911 call center reported wires down near a residence in Columbiaville.
July 2023Flash FloodColumbiaville-Flooding was reported along State Route 9 near County Route 22 in Stockport.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville-A tree and wires were downed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville-Trees were blown onto wires.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindColumbiaville-A tree and wires were reported down in Stockport due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Flash FloodColumbiaville-Thunderstorm heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in the town of Stockport. A portion of U.S. Route 9, near the intersection with County Route 22, was impassible due to high water.
May 2011Flash FloodColumbiaville-Water was reported over State Route 9 near the Columbiaville Bridge in Stockport.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Stockport0.7 miles21
Rossman1.0 miles21
Stottville2.4 miles21
Stuyvesant Falls2.8 miles21
West Ghent2.8 miles21
Newton Hook2.9 miles25
Brick Tavern3.5 miles21
Omi3.8 miles21

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 ColumbiavilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249774The 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 947196. 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.