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Red Rock, New York

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Canaan town. It lies in ZIP code area 12060. The Survey maps it on the Chatham quadrangle.

Red Rock within Columbia County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red Rock, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Red Rock, surveyed 1903

On record in Red Rock

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

129 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Red Rock between 1993 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined64
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
15 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
12 August 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 Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Red Rock: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Iron. 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
Canaan Lead Silver MinesLead, Silver, ZincProducerReplacement Vein
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganese, IronProducer
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganese, IronPast Producer
Canaan Lead Silver MinesLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Canaan Pb-Ag MinesLead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Rock in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1993Thunderstorm WindRed Rock$5,000Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees along Macedonia Road and County Route 24 in Red Rock.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindRed Rock$5,000no account filed
July 2023Flash FloodRed Rock-Flooding was reported at 563 County Route 24.
July 2023FloodRed Rock-Flooding was observed along County Route 24 near Red Rock.
July 2021Flash FloodRed Rock-There was a report that County Route 24 between County Route 9 and Stonewall Road was flooded.
August 2018Flash FloodRed Rock-A rockslide resulted in a road closure.
June 2014Flash FloodRed Rock-Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding 1 mile east-northeast of Red Rock. Flooding on County Route 24 caused a portion of the road to wash out and the route was impassable.
June 2014Flash FloodRed Rock-Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding 1 mile south-southeast of Red Rock in the town of Austerlitz. The intersection of Macedonia Road and Stonewall Road was washed out and closed as a result of the flooding.
June 2014Flash FloodRed Rock-Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding 1 mile west-southwest of Red Rock in the town of Austerlitz. A portion of Ten Broeck Road was washed out and closed as a result of the flooding.
June 2014Flash FloodRed Rock-Heavy rain from thunderstorms led to flash flooding at 286 Clark Road in the town of Chatham. The force of the flood waters knocked trees over as well.
March 2011FloodRed Rock-The following roads were reported closed due to flooding in Columbia County: State 9J between County Route 46 and Sharptown Road in the Town of Stuyvesant, State Route 9G near Mount Merino Road in the Town of Greenport and State Route 23 near Brady Lane in the Town of Hillsdale. Also, Indian Creek was reported to have overflown its banks in the Towns of Chatham and Austerlitz along Clark Road, County Route 24.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindRed Rock-Trees were reported down in Red Rock as a result of strong thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
New Concord2.8 miles21
Spencertown3.0 miles23
Moorhouse Corner3.3 miles23
Canaan Center3.6 miles43
Austerlitz3.7 miles43
East Chatham3.8 miles21
Chatham4.5 miles23
Flatbrook4.5 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962316. 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.