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Copake, New York

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Copake town. It lies in ZIP code area 12516. It stands on Noster Kill. The Survey maps it on the Copake quadrangle.

Copake within Columbia County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Copake, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Copake, surveyed 1902

On record in Copake

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Copake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined30
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
16 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2008Naturalunder 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

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Copake: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Manganese, Iron. 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
Copake Limonite MineIron, Zinc, ManganesePast Producer
Reynolds Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Weed Limonite MineManganese, Iron, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Weed Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast Producer
Copake Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
David Parson's Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
David Parson's Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast Producer
Fox Hill Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Fox Hill Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseProspect
Copake MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copake in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 lightning, 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
June 2000HailCopake$8,000no account filed
July 1996LightningCopake$8,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCopake$6,000no account filed
August 1997HailCopake$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindCopake$5,000no account filed
May 2021LightningCopake$1,500Lightning struck a tree which fell on a house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCopake$1,000A local 911 call center reported a tree down on wires which caught fire near a residence in Copake.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCopake$1,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindCopake-A 60 mph gust was measured at the New York State Mesonet at Copake. Trees and wires were also reported down throughout the town.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWest Copake-A tree fell onto wires and caught fire at Four Corners Road between Jackson and Elm.
December 2020FloodWest Copake-Trout Brook Road in Copake was closed near Empire Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCopake-Thunderstorm winds damaged camping vehicles by causing a picnic table to become airborne. A golf cart was also overturned as a result of the thunderstorm winds as well.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCopake-A tree was downed and blocking the road near Sky Farm Road along County Route 7A in Copake.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCopake-Power lines were reported down on Route 7A in Copake due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindCopake-Power lines were reported down in Copake due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013HailCopake-Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the Ancram Ameri Store on Route 22 in Copake.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindCopake-One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds at the Ancram Ameri Store on Route 22 in Copake.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCopake-Trees and multiple power lines were reported down on Main Street (Route 7A) due to thunderstorm winds in Copake.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCopake-Trees and wires were reported down on County Route 7A in Copake due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindCopake-Trees and wires were reported down in Copake on Route 7A, Farm Road and Mountain View Road due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWest Copake-Trees were reported down on Wiltsie Bridge Road near Route 3 in Ancram due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009HailCopake-Nickel size hail was reported in Copake during a thunderstorm.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCopake-Fire and Rescue personnel reported that trees and wires were blown down at 4 Corners Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in Copake.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindCopake-Trees and wires were reported down in Copake due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2004LightningWest Copake-Power outages due to lightning strikes.
May 2018HailCopake-no account filed

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
Taconic Shores0.7 miles20
Copake Falls1.7 miles20
West Copake1.8 miles20
Weed Mines2.4 miles20
Copake Lake3.0 miles20
Boston Corner3.8 miles20
Pumpkin Hollow4.0 miles20
Craryville5.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947408. 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.