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Hoosick Falls, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Hoosick town. It lies in ZIP code area 12090. It stands on Woods Brook. The Survey maps it on the Hoosick Falls quadrangle. 3,216 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 443 feet above sea level.

Hoosick Falls within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoosick Falls, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Hoosick Falls, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

On record in Hoosick Falls

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hoosick Falls fell from 3,501 to 3,216 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,501
20203,216-285 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

123 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Hoosick Falls between 1995 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined62
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
4 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
26 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
17 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 August 2007Naturalunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hoosick Falls: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Bissonnette Gravel BankSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burden Iron MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1865, 1885
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hoosick Falls Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Burden Iron MineIronPast Producer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayProducer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoosick Falls in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls1 hurtA tree fell on a moving vehicle due to thunderstorm winds. One person suffered a head injury as a result of the fallen tree.
July 2017Flash FloodHoosick Falls$300,000Severe flooding occurred in the village of Hoosick Falls as heavy rain resulted in a partial collapse of the Woods Brook flood protection system. A nearby rain gauge reported 1.63 inches of rain in an hour, and an additional 1.23 inches in the next two hours. The brook spilled out of its banks and coursed through the village, causing water and debris to rush into yards and residences. Numerous houses reported basement flooding, with a few reporting flooding on the first floor, leading to evacuations. Three sinkholes developed, one the size of two tractor trailers. Several roads remained closed well into the following day, and flood waters washed out a portion of the train tracks that pass through the village. A local state of emergency was declared.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls$50,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls$15,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls$1,500no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires were reported down in Hoosick Falls.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires were reported down.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires were reported down.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires were reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires were downed along Tate Road in Hoosick Falls.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires were downed along Parsons Avenue in Hoosick Falls.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-A tree was downed on wires in the Village of Hoosick Falls.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees and wires downed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees were downed.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-A tree was downed across Bovee Hill Road and Lester Lane in Hoosick Falls due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2014HailHoosick Falls-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Hoosick Falls.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-A wind gust was measured to 65 MPH during a thunderstorm in Hoosick Falls. The wind gusts also was reported to have downed some tree limbs as well.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees were reported down on Fairbanks Road and Congress Street in Hoosick Falls as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-A tree was reported down on a car on Abbott Street in Hoosick Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-A tree was reported down on a house on Kokley Avenue in Hoosick Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2011FloodHoosick Falls-Moderate flooding occurred on the Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge. The Eagle Bridge river gage located on the right bank 0.5 miles upstream from Case Brook, 1.2 miles downstream from Walloomsac River, and 1.2 miles southeast of Eagle Bridge exceeded its 11 foot flood stage at 11:41 pm EST September 7th, its 13 foot moderate flood stage at 2:48 pm, it crested at 14.05 feet at 6 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 5:05 pm September 8th.
June 2011HailHoosick Falls-Quarter size hail (measured) was reported during a thunderstorm in Hoosick Falls.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHoosick Falls-Trees were reported down in Hoosick Falls due to strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm 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
Hoosick Junction1.6 miles30
North Hoosick1.9 miles30
Walloomsac2.2 miles30
Hoosick2.9 miles29
Southwest Hoosick3.3 miles29
East Hoosick3.5 miles30
West Hoosick3.9 miles29
Eagle Bridge4.1 miles29

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 Hoosick FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1004012The 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 953177. 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.