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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.

Dormansville within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Dormansville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dormansville, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

64 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
24 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
9 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 5,567 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Stereum neglectum PeckStereum neglectum Peck1894C. L. ShearAlcove
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta innumerabilis, not of this specimenPhyllosticta innumerabilis Peck1847C.L. Shear
A photograph of the species Phragmidium speciosum, not of this specimenPhragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord.1855SartwellE Novo-Eboraco [= New York]
A photograph of the species Sorex fumeus, not of this specimenSorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 18951860William J. Hamilton Jr.Rensselaerville
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Barbilophozia barbata, not of this specimenBarbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske1863C. F. AustinIn Mountain localities
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Brachythecium rutabulum, not of this specimenBrachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1863C. H. PeckHelderberg Mountains
A photograph of the species Crossocalyx hellerianus, not of this specimenCrossocalyx hellerianus (Nees ex Lindenb.) Meyl.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
Eurhynchium pumilum (Wilson) Schimp.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.

All 5,567 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dormansville Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Dormansville Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDormansville-Tree damage was reported on County Route 312 in the Town of Westerlo.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDormansville-Tree damage was reported near the intersection of Tan Hollow Road and Dunbar Road in the Town of Westerlo.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDormansville-Tree damage was reported near the intersection of Hillson Road and Hunt Road in the Town of Westerlo.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDormansville-Wires were downed blocking Route 32.
December 2020FloodDormansville-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 2011Flash FloodDormansville-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.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Indian Fields (historical)2.7 miles25
Westerlo2.9 miles21
Keefers Corners3.0 miles31
South Westerlo4.0 miles22
Alcove4.2 miles25
Tarrytown4.7 miles31
Reidsville4.9 miles21
Clarksville5.5 miles31

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 DormansvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q38249775The 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.