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Newton Hook, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stuyvesant town. It lies in ZIP code area 12173. The Survey maps it on the Hudson North quadrangle.

Newton Hook within Columbia 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 Newton Hook, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Newton Hook, surveyed 1893

On record in Newton Hook

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 3 records

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 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Newton Hook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined55
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNew York Forest Rangersnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Newton Hook: 5 producers, 5 past producers. 5 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
Bronk Mill Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Climax West Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Climax West Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Route 81 Shale PitClayProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newton Hook in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2021: 1 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003Tornado (F0)Newton Hook$5,000no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindNewton Hook-A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed a microburst started in Coxsackie, and moved across the Hudson River into Stuyvesant. In Stuyvesant, the most significant damage was observed along Route 9J between Sharptown Road and County Route 46, where 250 to 400 trees were downed, according to the local fire department. Route 9J, Sharptown Road, Ferry Road, Icehouse Road, and County Route 46 were all closed due to downed trees. Dozens of trees came down on the Amtrak rail parallel to Route 9J. One man was trapped between fallen trees and was rescued by firefighters. A few homes sustained damage to roofs, chimneys and siding. The total estimated path length in Greene and Columbia Counties was two miles and the estimated width was a half of a mile.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
Stuyvesant2.5 miles25
Rossman2.6 miles21
Stuyvesant Falls2.7 miles21
Columbiaville2.9 miles25
Sunnyside3.2 miles21
Stockport3.7 miles21
West Ghent5.0 miles21
Stottville5.3 miles21

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 Q122571068The 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 973396. 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.