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Martindale, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Claverack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12521. The Survey maps it on the Claverack quadrangle.

Martindale within Columbia County

Then and now

1902 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Martindale, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Martindale, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Martindale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 314 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined71
Natural31
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
8 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
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 August 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2017Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
18 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2016Debris and open burning6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Martindale: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Palmer Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Palmer Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast Producer
Philmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Philmont Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martindale in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 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
March 2022Thunderstorm WindMartindale-A utility pole and power lines were down on Preusser Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMartindale-Several trees were reported down in Martindale due to strong thunderstorm winds. One tree was reported to be blocking a road.

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
Upper Hollowville1.7 miles23
Philmont3.1 miles23
Hollowville3.2 miles23
Craryville3.4 miles20
Mellenville3.7 miles21
Red Mills4.3 miles23
Harlemville4.8 miles23
Churchtown5.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956597. 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.