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Greendale, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. It stands on Hallenbeck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hudson South quadrangle.

Greendale within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Greendale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Greendale, surveyed 1895

On record in Greendale

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Greendale between 1992 and 2018, burning about 319 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined127
Debris and open burning64
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural19
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
19 September 2011Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Greendale: 17 producers, 17 past producers, 2 occurrences. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Austin's Glen DepositQuartzOccurrence
Diamond Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Fabiano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearny PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
North Catskill Clay PitClayProducer
North Catskill Clay PitClayPast Producer
West Athens Clay PitClayProducer
West Athens Clay PitClayPast Producer
Alsen Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greendale in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGreendale-Trees and wires were reported down on Route 9G.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGreendale-A tree and wires were downed on Route 9G between Route 23 and Middle Road near the City of Hudson.
January 2019FloodGreendale-Route 9G was closed between Route 23 and Power Avenue due to flooding.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGreendale-Powerlines were reported down near Catskill due to strong thunderstorm winds. In addition, a large tree reportedly fell on a car.
December 2006Thunderstorm WindGreendale-Structural damage to a house was reported in Greendale due to thunderstorm winds. In addition, a carport was torn off, and trees and wires were also reported down.
May 2004HailGreendale-Hail observed at Greenport Center.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Oak Hill Landing0.9 miles27
Linlithgo2.5 miles27
Cherry Hill3.3 miles27
Burden3.5 miles27
North Germantown4.0 miles27
Humphreysville4.3 miles27
Hudson4.3 miles25
Oakdale4.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972564. 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.