Groom Corners, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Clifton Park town. It lies in ZIP code area 12148. The Survey maps it on the Niskayuna quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Groom Corners
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Grooms Tavern Complexlisted 2000 · 0.0 miles away
Mohawk Valley Grange Halllisted 2012 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 33 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.
- 1893 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1930 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Niskayuna quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
572 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 572 fires within 5 miles of Groom Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 121 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 | 289 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 121 |
| Smoking | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 9 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Groom Corners: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Crescent Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Niskayuna Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Niskayuna Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Verdun Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Verdun Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Groom Corners in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groom Corners | - | A tree was downed on Englemore Road in the Town of Clifton Park. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groom Corners | - | Trees were downed with wires sparking. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Groom Corners | - | Downed powerlines started fires on Grooms Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Park Center | 2.0 miles | 33 | |
| Rexford | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Vischer Ferry | 2.7 miles | 33 | |
| Flagler Corners | 2.9 miles | 33 | |
| Elnora | 4.2 miles | 32 | |
| Clifton Park | 4.4 miles | 33 | |
| Grays Corners | 4.6 miles | 33 | |
| Midway Park | 5.1 miles | 31 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122550660 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951843. 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.















