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Eagle Mills, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Brunswick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12180. It stands on Sweet Milk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle.

Eagle Mills within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 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 Mills, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Eagle Mills, surveyed 1893

On record in Eagle Mills

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

14 surveys from 30 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

814 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 814 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 645 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 182 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/undetermined421
Arson/incendiarism182
Debris and open burning88
Natural50
Smoking33
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Mills: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Perlite. 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
Troy Clay PitClayProducer
Troy PlantPerlitePlant
Campbell Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Mountain Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Quackenkill Sandstone 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 Mills in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 2021Flash FloodEagle Mills$500,000There were several reports of roads flooded or washed out in the Eagle Mills area, including Garfield Road, Creek Road, and Dater Hill Road.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills$21,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills$5,000no account filed
October 2020Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills-Trees were downed.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills-A pole was downed across Brunswick Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEagle Mills-A tree and wire were reported down in Eagle Mills 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
Brunswick Center2.0 miles28
Clums Corner2.2 miles28
Brunswick2.3 miles30
Sycaway2.7 miles32
Cropseyville2.8 miles30
Mountain View3.1 miles32
Wynantskill3.1 miles32
Albia3.1 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 948928. 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.