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Humphreysville, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Greenport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. It lies near The Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hudson South quadrangle.

Humphreysville within Columbia County

Then and now

1895 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Humphreysville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Humphreysville, surveyed 1895

On record in Humphreysville

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

12 surveys from 27 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Humphreysville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 308 acres in total. 26 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/undetermined78
Debris and open burning27
Natural26
Smoking21
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder 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
19 September 2011Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Humphreysville: 13 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Hudson Clay PitClayProducer
Colarusso QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Colarusso Quarry CorporationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hudson Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hudson QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Hudson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fabiano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Humphreysville in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHumphreysville-A tree and wires were downed in the Town of Livingston.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHumphreysville-Trees and wires were reported down on Yates Road in the town of Livingston due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHumphreysville-Wires were reported down on Orchard Road in Claverack due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012HailHumphreysville-Nickel sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm 1 mile northwest of Linlithgo Mills.

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
Cherry Hill1.3 miles27
Linlithgo Mills1.6 miles23
Jutkosky Court2.1 miles23
Churchtown2.9 miles23
Claverack3.0 miles23
Glenco Mills3.2 miles23
Livingston3.3 miles27
Greenport Center3.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2493222. 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.