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.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


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
Garfield Schoollisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1925 USGS Troy quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Averill Park quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
814 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 421 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 182 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Natural | 50 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 3 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Troy Plant | Perlite | Plant | ||
| Campbell Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Campbell Mountain Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cranston Leveling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cranston Leveling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eagle Mills Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quackenkill Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quackenkill Sandstone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Eagle Mills | $500,000 | There were several reports of roads flooded or washed out in the Eagle Mills area, including Garfield Road, Creek Road, and Dater Hill Road. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $21,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | - | Trees were downed. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | - | A pole was downed across Brunswick Road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Mills | - | A tree and wire were reported down in Eagle Mills due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Center | 2.0 miles | 28 | |
| Clums Corner | 2.2 miles | 28 | |
| Brunswick | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Sycaway | 2.7 miles | 32 | |
| Cropseyville | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Mountain View | 3.1 miles | 32 | |
| Wynantskill | 3.1 miles | 32 | |
| Albia | 3.1 miles | 32 |
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.













