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Pattersonville, New York

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rotterdam town. It lies in ZIP code area 12137. It stands on Sandsea Kill. The Survey maps it on the Pattersonville quadrangle.

Pattersonville within Schenectady County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pattersonville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Pattersonville, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

126 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Pattersonville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined73
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural8
Smoking6
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schenectady County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pattersonville: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Crushed Rock ProductsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Plant No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Burdeck Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vley PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Schenectady County

Storms near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pattersonville in 1 storm report in 2005: 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 2005Thunderstorm WindPattersonville-Trees down on Route 160.

Every storm recorded in Schenectady 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
Hoffmans0.4 miles24
Rotterdam Junction2.1 miles26
Glenville3.1 miles24
Green Corners3.4 miles24
Lower Rotterdam Junction3.5 miles26
Rectors3.9 miles26
Lower Corners4.5 miles24
Wyatts4.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 959997. 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.