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Lincoln Park Homes, 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 12202. It lies near Westerlo Island. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.

Lincoln Park Homes 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 Lincoln Park Homes, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Lincoln Park Homes, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Lincoln Park Homes

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 12 of 43 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Albany County

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

1,060 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,060 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Park Homes between 2000 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 185 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/undetermined655
Arson/incendiarism185
Natural55
Debris and open burning51
Smoking40
Equipment and vehicle use30
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder 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 2005Missing 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 4,474 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,474 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lincoln Park Homes between 1760 and 1975: 2,497 Animalia, 1,302 Fungi, 621 Plantae, 33 Unrecorded, 16 Chromista, 3 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. Clapp 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 Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Phyllosticta limitata PeckPhyllosticta limitata Peck1899P.L. Huested
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
Geastrum hygrometricum Pers.1827H. H. EatonTroy
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

All 4,474 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 Lincoln Park Homes: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Albany Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
Albany Clay PitClayProducer
Albany Clay PitClayPast Producer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayProducer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselaer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselear Clay PitClayProducer

Every working 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
Albany0.7 miles32
Yarbrough Homes1.3 miles32
Kenwood1.5 miles33
Normansville2.1 miles32
Glenmont2.7 miles33
West Albany2.9 miles32
Loudon Heights3.0 miles32
Bethlehem Center3.3 miles33

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 Q122569386The 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 2426947. 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.