Duanesburg, New York

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1895 1985

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 12 of 33 shown

• Joseph Braman Houselisted 1987
• Chapman Farmhouselisted 1984
• Christ Episcopal Churchlisted 1987
• Duane Mansionlisted 1987
• Ferguson Farm Complexlisted 1987
• Jenkins Octagon Houselisted 1984
• Jones, A.D. (Boss), Houselisted 1984
• North Mansion and Tenant Houselisted 1987
• Quaker Street Historic Districtlisted 1984
• Shute Octagon Houselisted 1984
• Abrahams Farmhouselisted 1984
• Avery Farmhouselisted 1984

Every listing in Schenectady County

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.

• 1895 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
• 1931 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1947 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
• 1949 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1954 USGS Duanesburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
• 1985 USGS Amsterdam quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Duanesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 79 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Duane
• Mariaville Lake
• Duane Lake
• Mariaville
• Delanson
• Quaker Street

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Duanesburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Every working recorded in Schenectady County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duanesburg in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.

Every storm recorded in Schenectady County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948718. 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.