Green River, New York
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hillsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12529. It stands on Cranse Creek. The Survey maps it on the State Line quadrangle.
Then and now
1888 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 109 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1888 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
23 surveys from 43 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1899 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Housatonic quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS State Line quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS State Line quadrangle1:31680
- 1946 USGS State Line quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS State Line quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS State Line quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS State Line quadrangle1:25000
- 1975 USGS State Line quadrangle1:25000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Stockbridge quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Green River between 1993 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 18 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 2 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | HARRINGTON RD FIRE |
| 17 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 25 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Green River: 12 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Gott-Mesick Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Mine/Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Haight Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Limonte Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Hillsdale Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mitchell Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green River in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Lightning | Green River | $2,000 | A lightning strike caused a transformer to explode at the intersection of State Route 22 and State Route 71 in the town of Hillsdale. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Green River | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding 3 miles south-southeast of Spencertown in the town of Austerlitz. A portion of Mallory Road was washed out and closed as a result of the flooding. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | Trees were reported down in Green River as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | Two trees were reported down on Mallory Road, near the intersection with Punsit Road, in the town of Austerlitz. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green River | - | A tree was reported down grazing a house and two large sliding barn doors were reported blown off their hinges on Dawson Road in Hillsdale due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Hillsdale | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Austerlitz | 3.4 miles | 43 | |
| East Hillsdale | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Spencertown | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Hillsdale | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Harlemville | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Red Rock | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Moorhouse Corner | 8.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951725. 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.






















