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Millertown, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pittstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12094. It stands on Wampecack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Schaghticoke quadrangle.

Millertown within Rensselaer 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 Millertown, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Millertown, surveyed 1893

On record in Millertown

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

143 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Millertown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism26
Debris and open burning18
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2002Other causesunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

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 Millertown: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Burrello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
West of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millertown in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2020: 3 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
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMillertown-A tree was downed on Johnsonville Road.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMillertown-Trees and wires were downed near Johnsonville.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMillertown-A tree was reported down on Johnsonville Road in the town of Pittstown due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Rensselaer 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
Johnsonville0.6 miles30
Diamondwood Estates0.8 miles29
East Pittstown2.6 miles29
Valley Falls2.8 miles30
Tomhannock3.1 miles28
Schaghticoke4.0 miles30
West Hoosick4.6 miles29
Factory Hollow4.8 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 957338. 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.