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Meadowdale, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Guilderland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12009. The Survey maps it on the Voorheesville quadrangle.

Meadowdale within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Meadowdale, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Meadowdale, surveyed 1893

On record in Meadowdale

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

14 surveys from 30 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

145 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Meadowdale between 2000 and 2020, burning about 125 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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/incendiarism24
Natural11
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2018Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2020Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 2,754 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,754 specimens collected within 10 miles of Meadowdale between 1830 and 1975: 1,681 Animalia, 662 Fungi, 380 Plantae, 12 Chromista, 12 Protozoa, 4 Bacteria, 3 Unrecorded. 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 Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.Corticium evolvens (Fr.) Fr.1900unknownAltamont
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
Pyrenopeziza multipuncta (Peck) Sacc.1847C. H. Peck
A photograph of the species Chenopodium glaucum, not of this specimenChenopodium glaucum L.1853G. W. ClintonAlbany
A photograph of the species Phragmidium speciosum, not of this specimenPhragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord.1855SartwellE Novo-Eboraco [= New York]
A photograph of the species Culaea inconstans, not of this specimenCulaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)1860W. SwartzKrumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville
A photograph of the species Veronica officinalis, not of this specimenVeronica officinalis L.1861T. J. HaleAlbany
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Atrichum angustatum, not of this specimenAtrichum angustatum (Brid.) Bruch & Schimp.1863C. H. PeckAlbany

All 2,754 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 Meadowdale: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
New Salem DepositSulfurOccurrence
Guilderland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leto Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Olivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stitts Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wagner PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meadowdale in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2014LightningMeadowdale$5,000The local fire department reported that lightning caused a barn to catch fire on Gipp Road in Guilderland.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMeadowdale-A tree was reported down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMeadowdale-Trees were downed at Thacher State Park.
July 2010HailMeadowdale-Hail 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter was reported during a thunderstorm in Thatcher State Park in Albany.

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
Guilderland Center2.4 miles30
Voorheesville3.1 miles30
Altamont3.4 miles22
New Salem3.4 miles31
Thompsons Lake3.7 miles22
Fullers4.0 miles30
Hartmans Corners4.1 miles30
Guilderland4.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972787. 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.