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Raymertown, New York

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pittstown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12180. It lies near Fords Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tomhannock quadrangle.

Raymertown 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 Raymertown, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Raymertown, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

157 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Raymertown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 164 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined72
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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
3 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
26 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Raymertown: 7 producers, 5 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Route 66 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Valente Gravel Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Melrose Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Campbell Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell Mountain Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
East of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Melrose Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quackenkill Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymertown in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Thunderstorm WindRaymertown$5,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindRaymertown-Trees and wires were downed near Log Woods Road and Route 7.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRaymertown-Trees and wires were downed.
July 2017Flash FloodRaymertown-A creek flooded over Cooksboro Road.
May 2013Flash FloodRaymertown-Multiple roads were reported to be washed out in Raymertown due to flash flooding.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindRaymertown-Multiple trees were reported down and on house as result of thunderstorm winds in Raymertown.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRaymertown-Trees were reported down on Cooksboro Road in Pittstown due to strong thunderstorm winds. Power outages were also reported.
June 2008HailRaymertown-Penny size hail was reported near Raymertown during a thunderstorm.

Every storm 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
Lincolnville2.5 miles28
Haynersville2.5 miles28
Factory Hollow2.7 miles29
Tamarack2.9 miles28
Pittstown3.0 miles29
Quackenkill3.2 miles28
Tomhannock3.8 miles28
Cropseyville4.6 miles30

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 Q122548103The 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 962242. 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.