Crescent Station, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Colonie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12047. The Survey maps it on the Troy North quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Crescent Station
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.
- Godfrey Farmhouselisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
- Van Denbergh-Simmons Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Troy North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Troy North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
982 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 982 fires within 5 miles of Crescent Station between 1994 and 2020, burning about 925 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 176 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 | 569 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 176 |
| Smoking | 68 |
| Natural | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,603 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,603 specimens collected within 10 miles of Crescent Station between 1825 and 1975: 1,652 Animalia, 533 Fungi, 392 Plantae, 13 Unrecorded, 7 Chromista, 4 Bacteria, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. E. Brower and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diplodia crataegi Fuckel | 1895 | Charles E. Fairman | |
![]() | Phyllosticta limitata Peck | 1899 | P.L. Huested | |
![]() | Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary | 1899 | P.L. Huested | |
| Fontinalis duriaei Schimp. | 1825 | H. H. Eaton | ||
| Geastrum hygrometricum Pers. | 1827 | H. H. Eaton | Troy | |
![]() | Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Apocynum cannabinum L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Asclepias exaltata L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Asclepias incarnata L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
All 2,603 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Crescent Station: 10 producers, 6 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoes | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cohoes Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cohoes Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fannucci & Sons Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fort Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fort Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pollock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pollock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Reed Bank | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cohoes Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent Station in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent Station | - | Wires were reported down on North 3rd Street in Cohoes. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crescent Station | - | Trees were downed along U.S. Route 9 in the Town of Colonie. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Crescent Station | - | An emergency was declared by the New York Power Authority at the Visher Ferry Power Dam at Lock 7 because floodwaters engulfed an earthen embankment which is part of the dam.||Moderate flooding occurred on the Mohawk River at Cohoes. The Cohoes river gage located on right bank at School Street powerplant in Cohoes exceeded its 20 foot flood stage at 5:32 am EST August 29th, its 21 foot moderate flood stage at 8:50 am, crested at 21.86 feet at 1 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 12:15 am August 30th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boght Corners | 1.2 miles | 31 | |
| Dunsbach Ferry | 1.3 miles | 33 | |
| Cohoes | 2.4 miles | 31 | |
| Mohawk View | 3.1 miles | 33 | |
| Whitney Estates | 3.7 miles | 33 | |
| Latham | 3.8 miles | 32 | |
| Green Island | 4.4 miles | 32 | |
| Verdoy | 4.4 miles | 33 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 947742. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
























