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Glenmont, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Bethlehem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12077. It lies near Beacon Island. The Survey maps it on the Delmar quadrangle.

Glenmont within Albany 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 Glenmont, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Glenmont, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 33 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

896 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 896 fires within 5 miles of Glenmont between 2000 and 2020, burning about 641 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 162 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/undetermined563
Arson/incendiarism162
Natural44
Debris and open burning33
Smoking30
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing 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
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,437 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,437 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glenmont between 1760 and 1975: 2,377 Animalia, 1,323 Fungi, 679 Plantae, 33 Unrecorded, 16 Chromista, 7 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. Clapp and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Phyllosticta limitata PeckPhyllosticta limitata Peck1899P.L. Huested
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
Fontinalis duriaei Schimp.1825H. H. Eaton
A photograph of the species Acalypha rhomboidea, not of this specimenAcalypha rhomboidea Raf.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Alnus serrulata, not of this specimenAlnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Asclepias amplexicaulis, not of this specimenAsclepias amplexicaulis Sm.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Asclepias exaltata, not of this specimenAsclepias exaltata L.1828J. HallTroy

All 4,437 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 Glenmont: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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
Albany Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
East Greenbush Clay PitClayProducer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselaer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselear Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenmont in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGlenmont$90,000no account filed
April 1996HailGlenmont$5,000no account filed
August 2018Flash FloodGlenmont$1,000There was over 6 inches of water on roadways, resulting in water covering half of tires on vehicles.
August 2020HailGlenmont-One inch hail reported.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGlenmont-Trees were downed along River Road to the Albany city line.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGlenmont-Numerous trees and wires down.
August 2018HailGlenmont-One inch hail reported along with numerous trees and wires down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGlenmont-A weather spotter for a local television station reported a measured wind gust of 60 mph in Glenmont.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindGlenmont-A tree was reported down and on a house on Hartman Road in Glenmont as a result of thunderstorm winds.
June 2008HailGlenmont-Quarter size hail was reported in Glenmont during a thunderstorm.||The large hail damaged tree fruits, berries and vegetables near Glenmont, and in several other areas within Albany County. Total preliminary damage estimates to crops from the hail in Albany County was near $375 thousand.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindGlenmont-Several trees were reported down in Glenmont and Selkirk between 1749 EST and 1801 LST due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Bethlehem Center1.2 miles33
Kenwood1.3 miles33
Wemple2.1 miles33
Normansville2.5 miles32
Lincoln Park Homes2.7 miles32
Elsmere2.8 miles33
Albany3.4 miles32
Houcks Corners3.5 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951217. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.