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.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1895 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1903 USGS Mettawee quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cossayuna quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Cossayuna quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cossayuna quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 85 |
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Jean Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kenneth Tracey Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Cossayuna | $5,000 | A culvert was plugged and caused flooding into a well on East Lake Road in the Town of Argyle. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | Multiple trees and large branches were downed on the east side of Cossayuna Lake, one of which fell onto a home. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | Downed trees were reported near Cossayuna Lake. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | A tree was reported down. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Cossayuna | - | Water was over the roadway near the intersection of County routes 48 and 49 in the Town of Greenwich. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | A tree was downed on Route 48 near the Village of Argyle. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | Trees and wires were downed on County Route 48. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | Trees were downed on East Lake Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | Trees and wires were reported down on County Route 49 in Argyle due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | A tree was reported down on Bunker Hill Road in Greenwich due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cossayuna | - | Trees were reported down as a result of thunderstorm winds in Cossayuna. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Cossayuna | - | Roads were reported closed due to flooding in Salem. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Greenwich | 3.0 miles | 27 | |
| Fitch Point | 3.4 miles | 27 | |
| South Argyle | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| North Greenwich | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| West Hebron | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Spraguetown | 4.4 miles | 27 | |
| Greenwich Junction | 4.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lick Springs | 4.7 miles | 27 |
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 Cossayuna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740154 | The 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.












