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Newtonville, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Colonie town. It lies in ZIP code area 12110. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle. It stands 367 feet above sea level.

Newtonville within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Newtonville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Newtonville, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Newtonville

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

1,661 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,661 fires within 5 miles of Newtonville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 288 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/undetermined1017
Arson/incendiarism288
Debris and open burning95
Smoking94
Natural85
Equipment and vehicle use43
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,594 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,594 specimens collected within 10 miles of Newtonville between 1760 and 1975: 2,608 Animalia, 1,317 Fungi, 614 Plantae, 33 Unrecorded, 15 Chromista, 4 Protozoa, 3 Bacteria. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
Specimen of Phyllosticta limitata PeckPhyllosticta limitata Peck1899P.L. Huested
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
Fontinalis duriaei Schimp.1825H. H. Eaton
Geastrum hygrometricum Pers.1827H. H. EatonTroy
A photograph of the species Acalypha rhomboidea, not of this specimenAcalypha rhomboidea Raf.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Alnus serrulata, not of this specimenAlnus serrulata (Aiton) Willd.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Apocynum cannabinum, not of this specimenApocynum cannabinum L.1828J. HallTroy
A photograph of the species Asclepias amplexicaulis, not of this specimenAsclepias amplexicaulis Sm.1828J. HallTroy

All 4,594 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Newtonville: 11 producers, 7 past producers, 1 plant. 12 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CohoesBloating MaterialProducerSedimentary
Troy PlantPerlitePlant
Cohoes MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cohoes Mine and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Troy Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Troy Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Albany Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fort Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pollock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newtonville in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
August 2021LightningNewtonville$20,000Lightning struck a house on Old Niskayuna Road near the Hamlet of Loudonville causing a fire.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-Route 9 was closed between Osborne Road and Spring Street Road due to downed wires near the Hamlet of Loudonville.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-Trees downed near Maxwell Drive and Ashley Drive. Time estimated by radar.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-Large tree limbs were reported down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-A tree was downed.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-A tree was downed.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-A tree was downed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-Law enforcement reported a tree down on Osborne Road.
September 2015FloodNewtonville-A spotter reported street flooding on East Hills Road in Watervliet as a result of heavy rainfall. The water rushing down the street had a depth of 4 to 6 inches in spots.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNewtonville-Trees were reported down on wires with power outages due to strong thunderstorm winds approximately 5 miles northeast of Albany.
June 2008HailNewtonville-Quarter size hail was reported in Loudonville during a thunderstorm.
August 2008Flash FloodNewtonville-Flash flooding caused water to overflow on East Hills Road in Loudonville, approximately 300 yards south of Route 155.
August 2019HailNewtonville-no account filed
July 2018HailNewtonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Loudonville1.4 miles32
Latham1.6 miles32
Loudon Heights2.7 miles32
Whitney Estates2.8 miles33
Menands2.9 miles32
Shakers3.0 miles32
West Albany3.0 miles32
Watervliet3.1 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on NewtonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14707095The 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 958530. 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.