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Hawthorne Hill, New York

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Niskayuna town. It lies in ZIP code area 12309. The Survey maps it on the Schenectady quadrangle.

Hawthorne Hill within Schenectady 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 Hawthorne Hill, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Hawthorne Hill, surveyed 1893

On record in Hawthorne Hill

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

16 surveys from 33 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

713 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 713 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 168 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/undetermined343
Arson/incendiarism168
Smoking61
Natural40
Debris and open burning37
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hawthorne Hill: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Niskayuna Clay PitClayProducer
Niskayuna Clay PitClayPast Producer
Verdun Clay PitClayProducer
Verdun Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Schenectady County

Storms near this place

17 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawthorne Hill in 17 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A road was closed due to downed trees on wires.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A tree was downed onto wires and a fence on Sandra Lane.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-Trees were downed on Rosendale Road.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A tree was downed across Balltown Road near Bentley Road.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A large tree downed near Lock 7.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A tree was downed on Rosendale Road near Mayfield Road blocking one lane.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A pine tree snapped on Ruffner Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A large tree was downed on Rosendale Road with multiple large limbs down in the vicinity.
August 2018Heavy RainHawthorne Hill-Heavy rainfall of 1.41 inches fell in a short period of time.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A tree was blown onto a house on Pearse Road.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-The Schenectady County emergency manager reported a tree was blown onto a house on East Country Club Drive.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-A large tree was downed on Randall Road in Niskayuna due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-Trees and wires were downed on Consaul Road in Niskayuna due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHawthorne Hill-Trees were reported down, including one on a house, on Ardmore Court in Niskayuna due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2012HailHawthorne Hill-A broadcast media meteorologist reported quarter size hail (measured) during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.
June 2011HailHawthorne Hill-Nickel size hail was reported in Niskayuna during a thunderstorm.
June 2011HailHawthorne Hill-Quarter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.

Every storm recorded in Schenectady 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
Van Buren Park Homes1.0 miles33
Niskayuna2.2 miles33
Steinmetz Homes2.4 miles33
Schenectady3.3 miles33
Carman3.4 miles33
Aqueduct3.5 miles33
Mount Pleasant3.6 miles33
Coldbrook3.6 miles33

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 Q122541005The 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 952430. 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.