North Hillsdale, New York
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hillsdale town. It lies in ZIP code area 12529. It lies near Lyon Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Hillsdale quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in North Hillsdale
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
North Hillsdale Methodist Churchlisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1902 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Copake quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Hillsdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hillsdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of North Hillsdale between 1995 and 2020, burning about 106 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 18 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 28 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of North Hillsdale: 13 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Mine/Goodsell Bog Mn Occurrence | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Palmer Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Palmer Bog Mn Occurrence | Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Haight Limonte Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Hillsdale Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Limonite | |
| Hillsdale Limonite Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hillsdale Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
6 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hillsdale in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Hillsdale | - | A tree was reported down on Mitchell Street in Hillsdale. Damage was due to strong winds from an outflow boundary. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Hillsdale | - | Tree was downed on Hunt Road near County Route 21. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Hillsdale | - | A tree was reported down. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Hillsdale | - | A National Weather Service storm survey examined thunderstorm wind damage in the town of Hillsdale. Trees were downed on Hunt Road near Orchard Road. In addition, numerous other trees were downed in a northwest to southeast arc towards the Massachusetts State Line due to a series of thunderstorm microbursts. Some of the downed trees damaged homes and power lines as well. |
| July 2008 | Hail | North Hillsdale | - | Quarter size hail was measured by a trained storm spotter in North Hillsdale during a thunderstorm. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Hillsdale | - | Trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green River | 2.6 miles | 43 | |
| East Hillsdale | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Hillsdale | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Harlemville | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Austerlitz | 5.6 miles | 43 | |
| Craryville | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Spencertown | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Martindale | 6.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 958820. 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.









