Hoag Corners, New York
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nassau town. It lies in ZIP code area 12062. It stands on Alder Brook. The Survey maps it on the Nassau 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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 Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1925 USGS Troy quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Troy quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Nassau quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 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
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Hoag Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 16 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 | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 1 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 13 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Smoking | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hoag Corners: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alps Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoag Corners in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoag Corners | - | Trees and wires were downed in Hoag Corners. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoag Corners | - | There was a report of a tree and wires down blocking Tsatawassa Lake Road near Central Nassau Road. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Hoag Corners | - | Flooding from the combination of heavy rain and an ice jam resulted in the closure of Central Nassau Road between Town Garage Road and Route 66. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Hoag Corners | - | A cold front crossed Eastern New York producing severe thunderstorms across the southeast portion of the state. These thunderstorms produced large hail mainly across Greene and Ulster Counties. |
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 Nassau | 2.3 miles | 30 | |
| Dunham Hollow | 2.4 miles | 36 | |
| West Stephentown | 2.6 miles | 36 | |
| Denault Corners | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| East Nassau | 3.4 miles | 30 | |
| Millers Corners | 3.7 miles | 30 | |
| Brainard | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Morey Park | 4.8 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952906. 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.













