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Grant Hollow, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schaghticoke town. It lies in ZIP code area 12121. It lies near Rice Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Troy North quadrangle.

Grant Hollow 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 Grant Hollow, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Grant Hollow, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

321 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Grant Hollow between 2000 and 2020, burning about 195 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 67 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/undetermined166
Arson/incendiarism67
Debris and open burning39
Smoking18
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 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 Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Grant Hollow: 8 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
North Troy Clay PitClayProducer
North Troy Clay PitClayPast Producer
Melrose Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Melrose Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North of Melrose Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
West of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fanes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fannucci & Sons Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grant Hollow in 1 storm report in 2015: 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
August 2015Flash FloodGrant Hollow-River Road in the town of Schaghticoke was briefly closed due to flash flooding from thunderstorm heavy rainfall.

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
Melrose0.7 miles28
Speigletown2.0 miles31
Lincolnville2.7 miles28
Pleasantdale3.3 miles31
Schaghticoke Hill3.4 miles30
Pine View Estates3.7 miles31
Lansingburgh4.0 miles31
Haynersville4.1 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951514. 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.