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Cranesville, New York

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Amsterdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12010. It lies near Cranes Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Amsterdam quadrangle.

Cranesville within Montgomery County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cranesville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Cranesville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 26 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

162 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Cranesville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined104
Arson/incendiarism18
Smoking11
Debris and open burning10
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2012Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cranesville: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Crushed Rock ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

13 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cranesville in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 6 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2008Flash FloodCranesville$300,000Flash flooding resulted in the closure of eastbound lanes of the New York State Thruway, Interstate 90, at mile marker 169, with at least 2 to 3 feet of water on the road. In addition, the westbound lanes were accumulating significant amounts of water as well.||Numerous roads were washed out across the county. In the town of Amsterdam, some of the flooded roads which sustained damage included Truax Road, Cranes Hollow Road, Chapman Drive, Widow Susan Road, and Swarts Hill Road. In addition, properties along the South Chuctanunda Creek near Amsterdam also experienced flooding.||In the town of Florida, Peck and Mckinney Roads were closed due to washed out culverts, with some bridges damaged and needing further inspection, including a bridge on Hartley Road.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCranesville$9,000no account filed
October 2019FloodCranesville-Route 5 had all lanes closed at Truax Road due to flooding.
November 2019FloodCranesville-Route 5 had all lanes closed at Truax Road due to flooding.
November 2019FloodCranesville-State Route 5S was closed between Pattersonville Road and Bulls Head Road due to flooding.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCranesville-A tree was reported down in Cranesville during a thunderstorm.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindCranesville-Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Cranesville.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCranesville-Trees were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds and were blocking the New York State Thruway, I-90, between mile marker 171 and 172.
September 2011FloodCranesville-Flooding occurred along the Mohawk River resulting in the closure of the following roads: Route 5 from Palatine Bridge to Fort Johnson and Route 5S from Route 80 in Fort Plain to Route 30A in Fultonville. The following off-ramps for the New York State Thruway, Interstate 90, were closed during the day September 8th: Exit 27 (Amsterdam), Exit 28 (Fultonville-Fonda) and Exit 29 (Canajoharie-Sharon Springs). Canajoharie's Waterfront Park was submerged in flood waters. In Fonda, flood waters inundated the fairgrounds, homes along Park Street and the Mongomery County Department of Public Works. New York State Erie Canal Locks E-12 (Tribes Hill) and E-10 (Cransville) were damage beyond what happened as a result of Tropical Storm Irene. At Lock E-12, the lower approach wall was breached and undermined. At Lock E-10, the south end of dam was breached by the river. The Little Falls river gage located on left bank 1,800 feet downstream from Fivemile Dam, 2.0 miles upstream from East Canada Creek, and 4.5 miles southeast of city of Little Falls Herkimer County exceeded its 15 foot flood stage at 9:07 pm EST September 7th, its 17 foot moderate flood stage at 12:42 am September 8th, its 18 foot major flood stage at 3 am, it crested at 18.20 feet at 4:30 am, and dropped below flood stage at 4:08 pm September 8th.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCranesville-Two trees were reported down on wires completely blocking Baldwin Road, County Highway 3, in Cranesville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2010FloodCranesville-The Erie Canal was shut down due to high water and debris in the water along its length from Lock 2 (Waterford, NY) to Lock 21 (Rome, NY).
July 2008FloodCranesville-Numerous roadways remained closed due to flooding across Montgomery County.
August 2003Flash FloodCranesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Manny Corners2.1 miles26
Scotch Church3.1 miles25
Rockton3.2 miles26
Amsterdam3.2 miles26
Crescent Park3.3 miles26
South Amsterdam3.5 miles26
Harrower3.8 miles26
Hagaman4.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947708. 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.