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Eastmor, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in North Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 12198. The Survey maps it on the Troy South quadrangle.

Eastmor 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 Eastmor, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Eastmor, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

803 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 803 fires within 5 miles of Eastmor between 1993 and 2020, burning about 649 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 168 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/undetermined428
Arson/incendiarism168
Debris and open burning100
Natural45
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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
3 September 2014Naturalunder 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Eastmor: 13 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 PlantPerlitePlant
Troy Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Troy Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastmor in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2013HailEastmor-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail fell from a thunderstorm one mile east of North Greenbush.
June 2011HailEastmor-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in North Greenbush.
June 2008HailEastmor-Nickel size hail was reported in North Greenbush during a thunderstorm.||The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near across several areas within Rensselaer County. Total preliminary crop damage estimates from the hail in Rensselaer County were approximately $31 thousand.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEastmor-Large tree limbs were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in North Greenbush.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindEastmor-Trees were reported down in North Greenbush and Sand Lake 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
Wynantskill1.1 miles32
Snyders Corner1.2 miles30
Albia1.7 miles32
Mountain View1.7 miles32
South Troy2.4 miles32
West Sand Lake3.1 miles30
Eagle Mills3.4 miles30
Poestenkill3.6 miles30

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 Q122551640The 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 949303. 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.