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East Hoosick, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hoosick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12090. The Survey maps it on the Hoosick Falls quadrangle.

East Hoosick within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Hoosick, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of East Hoosick, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

97 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of East Hoosick between 1995 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
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
4 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 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

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of East Hoosick: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burden Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1865, 1885
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North Bennington KaolinAluminum, Iron, Titanium, SilicaProspectSurface
UnnamedStone, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
UnnamedStonePast ProducerMetamorphic
Unnamed Kaolin PitsKaolinProducer1795, 1825
Burden Iron MineIronPast Producer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayProducer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Walloomsac2.5 miles30
North Hoosick3.5 miles30
Hoosick Falls3.5 miles30
Hoosick3.6 miles29
Hoosick Junction4.1 miles30
Petersburg Junction5.1 miles29
North Petersburg6.0 miles29
Southwest Hoosick6.5 miles29

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 Q122592394The 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 972418. 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.