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Dunham Hollow, New York

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Nassau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12018. It lies near Johnson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Stephentown Center quadrangle.

Dunham Hollow within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1888 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 110 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunham Hollow, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Dunham Hollow, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 36 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Dunham Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined70
Debris and open burning34
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
11 September 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 August 2002Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dunham Hollow: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alps PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Springer Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunham Hollow in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2011Thunderstorm WindDunham Hollow-Trees and wires were reported down on Dunham Road in Nassau due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
West Stephentown0.7 miles36
Denault Corners2.0 miles30
Hoag Corners2.4 miles30
North Nassau3.1 miles30
Glass Lake4.0 miles30
Stephentown Center4.2 miles36
Taborton4.2 miles35
Millers Corners4.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948791. 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.