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Factory Hollow, New York

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pittstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12185. It stands on Sunkauissia Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grafton quadrangle.

Factory Hollow within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1897 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Factory Hollow, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Factory Hollow, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Factory Hollow between 1997 and 2020, burning about 77 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural8
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 August 2005Missing 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Factory Hollow: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
East of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Route 66 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Valente Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
West of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Pittstown0.5 miles29
Boyntonville2.1 miles29
Raymertown2.7 miles28
Tomhannock3.4 miles28
Diamondwood Estates4.2 miles29
Lincolnville4.3 miles28
East Pittstown4.8 miles29
Millertown4.8 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972452. 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.