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Hampton Park, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in East Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 12144. It lies near Rysedorph Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Greenbush quadrangle.

Hampton Park 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 Hampton Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Hampton Park, 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

873 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 873 fires within 5 miles of Hampton Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 175 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/undetermined522
Arson/incendiarism175
Debris and open burning47
Natural41
Smoking29
Equipment and vehicle use23
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 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 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hampton Park: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Quartz. 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
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
East Greenbush Clay PitClayProducer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselaer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselear Clay PitClayProducer
Albany Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Castleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shufelt Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shufelt Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Hampton Manor0.5 miles31
Clinton Park0.7 miles31
Clinton Heights0.8 miles31
Sherwood Park0.8 miles31
Couse1.0 miles31
Prospect Heights1.0 miles31
East Greenbush2.0 miles31
Rensselaer2.2 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952144. 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.