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New Baltimore, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in New Baltimore town. It lies in ZIP code area 12124. It stands on Hannacrois Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravena quadrangle.

New Baltimore within Greene County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Baltimore, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of New Baltimore, surveyed 1893

On record in New Baltimore

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 3 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of New Baltimore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined81
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism22
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2012Missing 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
5 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of New Baltimore: 11 producers, 10 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Coeymans Clay PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Baltimore in 14 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 flash flood, 2 hail. 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
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore$50,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodNew Baltimore$10,000no account filed
March 2008FloodNew Baltimore$9,000Heavy rain, along with frozen ground, led to flooding in portions of Greene county. In particular, at least 9 roads were closed between Coxsackie and New Baltimore due to flooding.
July 2023FloodNew Baltimore$5,000Route 144 WB/EB between Gill Road and Washington Ave had all lanes closed due to flooding.
July 2017LightningNew Baltimore$1,000A tree and wire were downed due to lightning.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Route 144 was closed along the Albany and Greene County line near New Baltimore due to multiple downed trees.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Trees and wires were downed in New Baltimore.
August 2018Heavy RainNew Baltimore-Heavy rain resulted in 1.78 inches.
August 2015HailNew Baltimore-Nickel size hail fell in the hamlet of New Baltimore during a thunderstorm.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in New Baltimore.
June 2011HailNew Baltimore-Three inch diameter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in New Baltimore.
August 2011FloodNew Baltimore-The New York State Thruway was closed due to numerous reports of flooding from Exit 24 (Milepost 145) to Exit 8 (Milepost 11).
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNew Baltimore-Trees and wires were reported down in New Baltimore due to strong thunderstorm winds.
July 2009Flash FloodNew Baltimore-County Route 61, also known as Main Street in New Baltimore, was closed due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Hannacroix1.6 miles25
Albrights2.0 miles25
Deans Mill2.3 miles25
Otter Hook2.9 miles25
Roberts Hill4.3 miles25
West Coxsackie6.1 miles25
Medway6.3 miles25
Climax6.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958390. 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.