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Diamondwood Estates, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pittstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12094. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle.

Diamondwood Estates within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Diamondwood Estates, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Diamondwood Estates, surveyed 1897

On record in Diamondwood Estates

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

135 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Diamondwood Estates between 1997 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 10 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/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning18
Natural10
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2009Naturalunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Diamondwood Estates: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Burrello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
West of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Millertown0.8 miles30
Johnsonville1.4 miles30
East Pittstown2.0 miles29
Tomhannock3.1 miles28
Valley Falls3.4 miles30
West Hoosick3.9 miles29
Factory Hollow4.2 miles29
Boyntonville4.3 miles29

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.

Wikidata item Q122554175The 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 2513213. 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.