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Glenville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Glenville town. It lies in ZIP code area 12010. It stands on Glenville Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pattersonville quadrangle.

Glenville within Schenectady County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Glenville, surveyed 1895

On record in Glenville

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Glenville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 173 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined105
Arson/incendiarism28
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
24 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glenville: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Crushed Rock ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Schenectady County

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenville in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 wildfire. 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
July 1999Thunderstorm WindGlenville$90,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGlenville$50,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGlenville$44,000no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodGlenville$11,000no account filed
April 2001WildfireGlenville$5,000A dry, breezy day allowed a small fire to briefly rage out of control near Glenville, Schenectady County on April 17. The blaze scorched between four and six acres of grasslands, and threatened several homes west of the Glendale Nursing Home. Some residents of the nursing home were evacuated. There was no structural damage nor injuries reported to the National Weather Service.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGlenville$5,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindGlenville$5,000no account filed
August 2020Flash FloodEast Glenville$1,000Route 50 at Route 914V in the town of Glenville had all lanes closed due to flooding.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindGlenville$1,000no account filed
May 2025HailEast Glenville-A member of the public reported hail stones of 1.75 inches in diameter via social media.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindEast Glenville-Trees were downed on Route 50 near the corner of Gleason Road near East Glenville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGlenville-A trained spotter reported estimated winds of 60 mph near Rotterdam Junction.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Several trees were downed in West Glenville.
July 2024FloodEast Glenville-Minor street flooding was reported on New York Route 914V at New York Route 50.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Trees were reported down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Glenville-Trees were downed along Sutherland Drive.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Powerlines were reported down due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Glenville-Trees were reported down.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Glenville-Trees and wires were downed onto Route 50. Time estimated by radar.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEast Glenville-Large tree limbs were reported down on Wyndon Road and Wheeler Drive due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2014Flash FloodEast Glenville-Three feet of water was reported at the intersection of Route 50 and Glenridge Road in Glenville due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGlenville-A tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds in Glenville.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm outflow winds in Glenville.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Glenville.
May 2011HailGlenville-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Glenville.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindGlenville-A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 58 mph in West Glenville.
September 2011Tornado (EF1)Glenville-A tornado touched down in the Town of Florida in Montgomery County. It moved northeast to the western end of Glenville in Schenectady County. Damage was extensive along the entire path length, with the worst damage in the Town of Cranesville in Montgomery County. Damage included numerous trees snapped off and uprooted, broken windows to homes, shingles stripped off roof tops, and some houses which had parts of their roofs torn off. Numerous sheds and out buildings were destroyed.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindEast Glenville-Trees were reported down in Glenville due to strong thunderstorm winds. A large tree was reported down across Droms Road.
July 2011HailEast Glenville-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in East Glenville.
June 2009HailGlenville-Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Glenville, East Glenville and Scotia during a thunderstorm.
July 2009HailGlenville-Quarter size hail was reported in Glenville during a thunderstorm.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Trees were reported down in Glenville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Numerous trees were reported down in Glenville along Glenridge Road due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Flash FloodGlenville-Three to 4 feet of ponding water was reported on Glenville Road in Glenville due to very heavy rainfall.
April 2007Heavy RainGlenville-Heavy rain led to minor flooding of small streams and creeks across portions of the county, as well as some road closures, beginning Monday morning, and lingering until Monday night.|Some of the roads that were closed included Maple Avenue between Ronald Regan Way and Freemans Bridge Road, and Bolt Road between Swaggertown Road and Sacandaga Road.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Glenville.
March 2005Flash FloodGlenville-Droms Road closed between Swaggertown Road and Charlton Road due to flooding.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGlenville-Trees down, power outages.
June 1994HailGlenville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Schenectady 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
Green Corners1.7 miles24
Lower Corners2.1 miles24
Hoffmans2.7 miles24
Pattersonville3.1 miles24
Rotterdam Junction3.8 miles26
Glenville Center4.6 miles34
Lower Rotterdam Junction4.9 miles26
Rectors5.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951228. 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.