Mohawk View, New York
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Colonie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12110. It stands on Shakers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niskayuna quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 33 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1930 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Niskayuna quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Schenectady quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
822 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 822 fires within 5 miles of Mohawk View between 1999 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 127 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/undetermined | 475 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 127 |
| Smoking | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Natural | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 3,882 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 3,882 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mohawk View between 1760 and 1975: 1,977 Animalia, 1,279 Fungi, 567 Plantae, 34 Unrecorded, 15 Chromista, 6 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Diplodia crataegi Fuckel | 1895 | Charles E. Fairman | |
![]() | Phyllosticta limitata Peck | 1899 | P.L. Huested | |
![]() | Podosphaera oxyacanthae (DC.) de Bary | 1899 | P.L. Huested | |
![]() | Hemaris thysbe Fabricius, 1775 | 1760 | W.W. Hill | |
![]() | Carex vestita Willd. | 1811 | P. D. Knieskern | Near Schenectady. |
![]() | Monotropa procera Torr. | 1817 | E. James | Near Albany |
| Fontinalis duriaei Schimp. | 1825 | H. H. Eaton | ||
| Geastrum hygrometricum Pers. | 1827 | H. H. Eaton | Troy | |
![]() | Acalypha rhomboidea Raf. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Alnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
![]() | Apocynum cannabinum L. | 1828 | J. Hall | Troy |
All 3,882 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mohawk View: 9 producers, 6 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bloating Material. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoes | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cohoes Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cohoes Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fort Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fort Ferry Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pollock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pollock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cohoes Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cohoes Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cohoes Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mohawk View in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mohawk View | - | The public reported a tree down on the road via Facebook. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Mohawk View | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Latham. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Mohawk View | - | Twelve to 15 homes were flooded along Forts Ferry Road in Latham along the Mohawk River due to an ice jam. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdoy | 1.6 miles | 33 | |
| Whitney Estates | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Dunsbach Ferry | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Boght Corners | 2.3 miles | 31 | |
| Latham | 3.0 miles | 32 | |
| Crescent Station | 3.1 miles | 31 | |
| Shakers | 3.3 miles | 32 | |
| Newtonville | 4.4 miles | 32 |
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 Q122566098 | The 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 957476. 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.

























