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Cropseyville, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brunswick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12180. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Cropseyville within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Cropseyville, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Cropseyville, surveyed 1893

On record in Cropseyville

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Cropseyville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined141
Debris and open burning45
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural25
Smoking21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cropseyville: 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Campbell Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Mountain Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 66 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valente Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cropseyville in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
August 2019FloodCropseyville-Route 278 was closed in the town of Brunswick due to flooding.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCropseyville-Trees and wires were downed in Brunswick as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCropseyville-A power pole was reported down in Cropseyville due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCropseyville-Numerous trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Brunswick.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCropseyville-Multiple trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Brunswick.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindCropseyville-Multiple trees and wires were reported down in Brunswick due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2007HailCropseyville-Quarter size hail was reported in Brunswick.

Every storm recorded in Rensselaer 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
Clums Corner0.8 miles28
Brunswick0.9 miles30
Tamarack1.8 miles28
Quackenkill2.5 miles28
Eagle Mills2.8 miles30
Haynersville3.0 miles28
Brunswick Center3.2 miles28
Poestenkill4.1 miles30

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 CropseyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5187993The 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 947791. 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.