East Hillsdale, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hillsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12529. The Survey maps it on the Hillsdale quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in East Hillsdale
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Columbia Turnpike East Tollhouselisted 2016 · 0.6 miles away- Dr. Joseph P. Dorr Houselisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Hillsdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hillsdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of East Hillsdale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 133 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of East Hillsdale: 13 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Zinc, Zinc, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copake Limonite Mine | Iron, Manganese, Zinc | Past Producer | Goethite, Limonite | |
| Copake Limonite Mine | Iron, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Mine/Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Palmer Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Palmer Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Copake Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Haight Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Limonte Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Hillsdale in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | Flood | East Hillsdale | - | Route 23 was closed between Route 22 and Yonderview Road due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hillsdale | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Collins Street in Hillsdale due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hillsdale | - | Trees and wires were reported down on State Route 22 in Hillsdale due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Hillsdale | - | A tree and utility wires were reported down on Oxbow Road at State Route 23 in Hillsdale due to 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsdale | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| North Hillsdale | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Craryville | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Copake Falls | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Copake Lake | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Green River | 5.6 miles | 43 | |
| Taconic Shores | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Copake | 6.1 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563625 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949125. 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.









