Dormansville, New York
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Westerlo town. It lies in ZIP code area 12193. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alcove quadrangle. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 93 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
11 surveys from 25 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 Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Coxsackie quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Alcove quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Wilmington quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Dormansville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 31 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 22 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 27 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 July 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 5,567 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,567 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dormansville between 1847 and 1975: 3,310 Fungi, 1,566 Animalia, 533 Plantae, 93 Protozoa, 46 Chromista, 19 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stereum neglectum Peck | 1894 | C. L. Shear | Alcove |
![]() | Cephalozia media Lindb. | 1898 | Charles H. Peck | near Albany |
![]() | Phyllosticta innumerabilis Peck | 1847 | C.L. Shear | |
![]() | Phragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord. | 1855 | Sartwell | E Novo-Eboraco [= New York] |
![]() | Sorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 1895 | 1860 | William J. Hamilton Jr. | Rensselaerville |
![]() | Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mt. |
![]() | Anomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
![]() | Barbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske | 1863 | C. F. Austin | In Mountain localities |
![]() | Barbula unguiculata Hedw. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
![]() | Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1863 | C. H. Peck | Helderberg Mountains |
![]() | Crossocalyx hellerianus (Nees ex Lindenb.) Meyl. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
| Eurhynchium pumilum (Wilson) Schimp. | 1863 | C. F. Austin | Helderberg Mts. |
All 5,567 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dormansville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dormansville Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dormansville Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dormansville in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dormansville | - | Tree damage was reported on County Route 312 in the Town of Westerlo. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dormansville | - | Tree damage was reported near the intersection of Tan Hollow Road and Dunbar Road in the Town of Westerlo. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dormansville | - | Tree damage was reported near the intersection of Hillson Road and Hunt Road in the Town of Westerlo. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dormansville | - | Wires were downed blocking Route 32. |
| December 2020 | Flood | Dormansville | - | The causeway on County Road 404 over the Basic Creek Reservoir was closed due to 6 to 12 inches of water over the roadway. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Dormansville | - | Flooding occurred on Route 312 in Westerlo along the Hannacrois Creek damaging a building. One to almost two feet of water was reported flowing over Route 312. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Fields (historical) | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Westerlo | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Keefers Corners | 3.0 miles | 31 | |
| South Westerlo | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Alcove | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Tarrytown | 4.7 miles | 31 | |
| Reidsville | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Clarksville | 5.5 miles | 31 |
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 Dormansville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q38249775 | 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 948588. 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.





















