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Malden Bridge, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Chatham town. It lies in ZIP code area 12115. It stands on Green Brook. The Survey maps it on the East Chatham quadrangle. It stands 387 feet above sea level.

Malden Bridge within Columbia County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Malden Bridge, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Malden Bridge, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

176 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Malden Bridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined84
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning25
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2009Smokingunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Malden Bridge: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malden Bridge in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMalden Bridge-A tree and wires were downed on Route 66 near Pratt Road near Malden Bridge.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMalden Bridge-Tree and wire damage was reported along Shaker Museum Road in the Town of Chatham.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMalden Bridge-A tree was reported down on Albany Turnpike Road near White Bridge Road.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindMalden Bridge-A tree and wires were downed.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMalden Bridge-A tree and wires were reported down in Chatham due to thunderstorm winds.

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
Riders Mills1.2 miles21
Riders2.1 miles21
Old Chatham2.4 miles21
Rayville2.4 miles21
North Chatham2.6 miles21
Chatham Center4.0 miles21
Rock City4.6 miles21
Niverville4.6 miles21

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 Q122543278The 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 956300. 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.