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Karlsfeld, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Albany City. It lies in ZIP code area 12208. It stands on Krum Kill. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.

Karlsfeld within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Karlsfeld, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Karlsfeld, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

1,080 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,080 fires within 5 miles of Karlsfeld between 2000 and 2020, burning about 842 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 127 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/undetermined733
Arson/incendiarism127
Smoking56
Natural49
Debris and open burning42
Equipment and vehicle use35
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 5,330 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,330 specimens collected within 10 miles of Karlsfeld between 1760 and 1975: 2,970 Animalia, 1,496 Fungi, 798 Plantae, 34 Unrecorded, 18 Chromista, 12 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
Fontinalis duriaei Schimp.1825H. H. Eaton
A photograph of the species Acalypha rhomboidea, not of this specimenAcalypha rhomboidea Raf.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Alnus serrulata, not of this specimenAlnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Asclepias amplexicaulis, not of this specimenAsclepias amplexicaulis Sm.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Asclepias exaltata, not of this specimenAsclepias exaltata L.1828J. HallTroy

All 5,330 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Karlsfeld: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Quartz. 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
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Albany Clay PitClayProducer
Albany Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselaer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselear Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

7 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Karlsfeld in 7 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindKarlsfeld-A large tree was downed on Hartman Road in the City of Albany.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindKarlsfeld-Trees and wires were downed near Normanskill.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindKarlsfeld-Multiple trees downed near the intersection of New Scotland Ave and Hartman Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindKarlsfeld-Wires were downed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindKarlsfeld-A tree with numerous limbs and branches was downed on Hartman Road in Albany.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKarlsfeld-Multiple trees were downed at the intersection of New Scotland and Hartman Roads. One large tree crushed a wooden fence.
February 2016FloodKarlsfeld-Krumkill Road near the Albany-Bethlehem border was closed due to impacts from heavy rainfall. According to local newspaper media, the road was closed when officials noticed a sinkhole on the upstream shoulder, cracks running parallel to the road and a failing bank around a utility pole on the downstream side. A preliminary investigation by a consultant determined the culvert failure was severe, and they recommended not reopening the road until it is replaced. The road was scheduled to remain closed for at least several months.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
North Bethlehem1.5 miles32
Slingerlands1.8 miles32
Delmar1.9 miles33
Elsmere2.3 miles33
McKownville2.4 miles32
Normansville2.6 miles32
Westmere3.2 miles32
Roessleville3.7 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q122557544The 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 954385. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.