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Cossayuna, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Greenwich town. It lies in ZIP code area 12865. It lies near Browns Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cossayuna quadrangle. It stands 476 feet above sea level.

Cossayuna within Washington County

Then and now

1895 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cossayuna, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Cossayuna, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Cossayuna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 301 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined85
Debris and open burning56
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2

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
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cossayuna: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Al Jean PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cossayuna in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 10 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
July 2021Flash FloodCossayuna$5,000A culvert was plugged and caused flooding into a well on East Lake Road in the Town of Argyle.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCossayuna$5,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-Multiple trees and large branches were downed on the east side of Cossayuna Lake, one of which fell onto a home.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-Downed trees were reported near Cossayuna Lake.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-A tree was reported down.
July 2021Flash FloodCossayuna-Water was over the roadway near the intersection of County routes 48 and 49 in the Town of Greenwich.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-A tree was downed on Route 48 near the Village of Argyle.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-Trees and wires were downed on County Route 48.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-Trees were downed on East Lake Road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-Trees and wires were reported down on County Route 49 in Argyle due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-A tree was reported down on Bunker Hill Road in Greenwich due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCossayuna-Trees were reported down as a result of thunderstorm winds in Cossayuna.
August 2011Flash FloodCossayuna-Roads were reported closed due to flooding in Salem.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
East Greenwich3.0 miles27
Fitch Point3.4 miles27
South Argyle3.5 miles27
North Greenwich3.6 miles27
West Hebron4.2 miles27
Spraguetown4.4 miles27
Greenwich Junction4.6 miles27
Lick Springs4.7 miles27

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 CossayunaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q48740154The 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 947509. 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.