Pleasantdale, New York
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schaghticoke town. It lies in ZIP code area 12182. It lies near Campbell Island. The Survey maps it on the Troy North quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1989The 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.


On record in Pleasantdale
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Corliss Park Historic Districtlisted 2024 · 0.6 miles away
- Powers Homelisted 1974 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 31 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.
- 1893 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Cohoes quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Troy North quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Troy North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
977 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 977 fires within 5 miles of Pleasantdale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 691 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 175 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 | 556 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 175 |
| Debris and open burning | 81 |
| Natural | 62 |
| Smoking | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 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 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Pleasantdale: 11 producers, 8 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohoes | Bloating Material | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Melrose Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Cohoes Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cohoes Mine and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Melrose Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| North of Melrose Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fanes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fannucci & Sons Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pinewood Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasantdale in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Pleasantdale | $30,000 | Heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt lead to a culvert breaking in Rennselaer county during the evening of January 24. Nearly 1,000,000 gallons of water was released into the town of Pleasantdale. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasantdale | $17,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasantdale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasantdale | - | A tree was downed on Lansing Avenue. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasantdale | - | A tree was downed onto wires at the corner of 125th Street and 6th Avenue in Troy. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasantdale | - | Trees and wires were downed on 124th Street in Troy as a result of thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasantdale | - | Multiple trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Lasingburgh. |
| September 2011 | Flood | Pleasantdale | - | Moderate flooding occurred on the Hudson River at Troy. The Troy river gage located about 1 mile north of Route 7 exceeded its 21.5 foot flood stage 7:56 pm EST September 7th, its 24 foot moderate flood stage at 3:19 pm September 8th, it crested at 24.20 feet at 6 am September 9th, and dropped below its flood stage 8:40 pm September 9th. At the level of 24 feet water reaches mobile homes along the river front on Lansingburgh. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine View Estates | 0.4 miles | 31 | |
| Lansingburgh | 0.8 miles | 31 | |
| Speigletown | 1.8 miles | 31 | |
| Grant Hollow | 3.3 miles | 31 | |
| Frear Park | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Brunswick Center | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Sycaway | 3.8 miles | 32 | |
| Melrose | 3.9 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960749. 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.














