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North Schodack, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schodack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12061. The Survey maps it on the Nassau quadrangle.

North Schodack within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Schodack, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of North Schodack, surveyed 1893

On record in North Schodack

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

14 surveys from 30 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of North Schodack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 285 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined150
Arson/incendiarism59
Debris and open burning42
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
14 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2006Missing 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 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of North Schodack: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Beberwick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Castleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Sliters1.5 miles30
Millers Corners1.5 miles30
East Schodack2.4 miles31
Maple Grove2.6 miles30
Morey Park2.8 miles30
North Nassau2.9 miles30
Best3.0 miles31
Luther3.1 miles31

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 Q122565990The 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 958907. 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.