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Eagle Bridge, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Hoosick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12057. It stands on Case Brook. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle.

Eagle Bridge 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 Eagle Bridge, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Eagle Bridge, surveyed 1897

On record in Eagle Bridge

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 1 record

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

160 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 339 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing 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 Eagle Bridge: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eagle Bridge in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 1994Tornado (F1)Eagle Bridge$50,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEagle Bridge-Trees and wires were downed on Turnpike Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEagle Bridge-A tree was downed near the intersection of Route 67 and Eagle Bridge Road near Hoosick. A tree was also downed on a house.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindEagle Bridge-Numerous trees and wires were downed in Buskirk.
June 2011HailEagle Bridge-Baseball size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Eagle Bridge.
July 2000HailEagle Bridge-no account filed

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
Buskirk2.0 miles29
East Buskirk2.0 miles29
Hoosick Junction2.7 miles30
North Hoosick3.2 miles30
West Hoosick3.8 miles29
Hoosick Falls4.1 miles30
Walloomsac4.2 miles30
East Pittstown4.8 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948909. 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.