Oak Hill, New York
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cambridge town. It lies in ZIP code area 12028. It stands on Center White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Bridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1897 USGS Hoosick quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1900 USGS Taconic quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Eagle Bridge quadrangle1:25000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
145 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 160 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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 | 77 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 26 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoosick Falls Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Hoosick Falls Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| White Creek Pb Mine | Lead | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | - | A tree, wires and a pole were downed on Dickensen Road in the Town of Cambridge. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | - | There were multiple reports of trees and wires down on Belle Road in the Town of Cambridge. Some of the wires fell onto a residence. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | - | Trees and wires were downed on King Road and Route 67. One tree fell onto a house. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Oak Hill | - | River Road was closed at the Buskirk Covered Bridge due to an ice jam on the Hoosic River. |
| January 2018 | Flash Flood | Oak Hill | - | An ice jam on the Hoosic River broke loose and flooded River Road with ice and water near the covered bridge over the Hoosic River. |
| January 2018 | Flood | Oak Hill | - | Flooding continued along River Road near the covered bridge over the Hoosic River due to an earlier ice jam breaking loose. Flood waters slowly receded as the ice jam moved downstream, but water remained over the road until the 15th. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Hill | - | A tree was downed on County Route 59. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Oak Hill | - | Moderate flooding occurred on the Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge. The Eagle Bridge river gage located on the right bank 0.5 miles upstream from Case Brook, 1.2 miles downstream from Walloomsac River, and 1.2 miles southeast of Eagle Bridge exceeded its 11 foot flood stage at 11:41 pm EST September 7th, its 13 foot moderate flood stage at 2:48 pm, it crested at 14.05 feet at 6 pm, and dropped below flood stage at 5:05 pm September 8th. |
| August 2011 | Flood | Oak Hill | - | Major flooding occurred on the Hoosic River. The Eagle Bridge river gage located on the right bank 0.5 miles upstream from Case Brook, 1.2 miles downstream from Walloomsac River, and 1.2 miles southeast of Eagle Bridge exceeded its 11 foot flood stage at 1:31 pm EST August 28th, its 13 foot moderate flood stage at 3:43 pm, its 16 foot major flood stage at 6:31 pm, it crested at 19.24 feet at 12:30 am August 29th, and dropped below flood stage at 2:29 pm August 29th. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center White Creek | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Center Cambridge | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| South Cambridge | 3.9 miles | 29 | |
| Cambridge | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| West Cambridge | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| Lee | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| North Cambridge | 4.4 miles | 27 | |
| Coila | 4.5 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 972883. 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.











