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Hollowville, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Claverack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12530. It stands on Hollowville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Claverack quadrangle. It stands 325 feet above sea level.

Hollowville within Columbia County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hollowville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hollowville, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Hollowville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 332 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined69
Natural35
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2010Missing 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
22 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hollowville: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Philmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Philmont Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollowville in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHollowville-Powerlines were reported down in the town of Claverack due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHollowville-A tree was reported down and on power lines on Snydertown Road in the town of Claverack due to thunderstorm winds.

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
Upper Hollowville1.4 miles23
Red Mills1.5 miles23
Churchtown2.5 miles23
Claverack2.7 miles23
Jutkosky Court3.1 miles23
Martindale3.2 miles23
Mellenville3.5 miles21
Philmont3.6 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on HollowvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q43080402The 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 953007. 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.