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Muitzes Kill, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Schodack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12156. The Survey maps it on the Kinderhook quadrangle.

Muitzes Kill within Rensselaer 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 Muitzes Kill, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Muitzes Kill, surveyed 1903

On record in Muitzes Kill

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

11 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

260 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Muitzes Kill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined135
Arson/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Natural12
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Muitzes Kill: 9 producers, 8 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Alcove QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayPast Producer
Coeymans Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muitzes Kill in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 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
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMuitzes Kill-A highway sign was bent/damaged along the Berkshire Spur eastbound at Exit B1.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMuitzes Kill-A tree was down blocking a road near Muitzeskill Road and Knickerbocker Road.

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
Schodack Landing2.1 miles25
South Schodack2.8 miles31
Castleton-on-Hudson3.1 miles33
Pine Haven Motor Home Park4.0 miles31
Brookview4.5 miles31
Stony Point5.2 miles31
Schodack Center6.1 miles31
Nassau7.0 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958129. 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.