Frear Park, New York

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.

1893 1989

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 12 of 22 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

• Kate Mullany HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1998 · 0.5 miles away
• Oakwood Avenue Presbyterian Churchlisted 2012 · 0.4 miles away
• Esek Bussey Firehouselisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
• Public School No. 1listed 2018 · 0.5 miles away
• Troy Public Librarylisted 1973 · 0.5 miles away
• Van Zandt, Jacobs and Company Collar and Cuff Factorylisted 2014 · 0.6 miles away
• Gardner Earl Memorial Chapel and Crematoriumlisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
• Chapel and Cultural Centerlisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
• Haskell Schoollisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
• Northern River Street Historic Districtlisted 1988 · 1.0 miles away
• Church of the Holy Crosslisted 1973 · 1.0 miles away
• Glenwoodlisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away

Every listing in Rensselaer County

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.

• 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 Troy South quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
• 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
• 1978 USGS Troy South quadrangle1:24000
• 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
• 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,254 fires within 5 miles of Frear Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 884 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 243 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Eagle Mills
• Lansingburgh
• Pine View Estates
• Pleasantdale
• Poestenkill
• Albia

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Frear Park: 13 past producers, 11 producers, 1 plant. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 950646. 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.