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Hoosick, New York

29 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 lies near Pine Valley. The Survey maps it on the North Pownal quadrangle.

Hoosick 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, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Hoosick, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

On record in Hoosick

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

88 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Hoosick between 1995 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
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
23 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2012Naturalunder 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hoosick: 5 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
UnnamedStonePast ProducerMetamorphic
Burden Iron MineIronPast Producer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayProducer
Hoosick Falls Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoosick in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000LightningHoosick$70,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick$65,000no account filed
January 2023FloodHoosick$50,000Route 7 closed between Route 22 and South St. in the town of Hoosick due to a culvert overflowing and collapsing.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindHoosick$45,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHoosick$19,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindHoosick$15,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHoosick$15,000no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHoosick$1,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHoosick$1,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindHoosick-There were reports of multiple trees and power lines down in Hoosick resulting in numerous power outages.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindHoosick-A tree was reported down on road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Trees and wires were downed in the Hamlet of North Hoosick.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Route 22 at Hoosick Falls High School was closed due to downed trees and wires.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Wires were downed.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Tree limbs were downed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Trees and wires were downed.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Trees were downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Trees were reported down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Trees were reported down along Route 22 in the town of Hoosick due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Multiple reports of trees and wires down in the area.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Trees and wires were downed on Route 67 in North Hoosick at a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Trees were reported down on Factory Hill Road in North Hoosick due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Large trees limbs were reported down in Hoosick as a result of thunderstorm winds.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHoosick-A tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds on Route 7 in Hoosick Falls.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Hoosick-Trees were reported down along Route 67 in North Hoosick due to strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHoosick-A tree was reported down on a house on Pine Valley Road in Hoosick due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Trees were reported down in Hoosick due to strong thunderstorm winds and were reportedly blocking a road.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHoosick-Trees and wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in Hoosick.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindHoosick-An emergency manager reported that trees were blown down along Babcock Lake and Johnson Hill Roads, in Hoosick.
July 2005Flash FloodHoosick-Two roads flooded.

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
Petersburg Junction1.9 miles29
North Petersburg2.7 miles29
Hoosick Falls2.9 miles30
East Hoosick3.6 miles30
Potter Hill3.7 miles29
Southwest Hoosick4.0 miles29
Walloomsac4.3 miles30
Hoosick Junction4.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 953175. 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.