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Reidsville, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Berne town. It lies in ZIP code area 12186. The Survey maps it on the Westerlo quadrangle.

Reidsville within Albany County

Then and now

1900 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Reidsville, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Reidsville, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

100 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Reidsville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined51
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 August 2016Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
25 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2003Arson/incendiarism4.3 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
13 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 5,855 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 5,855 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reidsville between 1847 and 1975: 3,355 Fungi, 1,790 Animalia, 546 Plantae, 96 Protozoa, 49 Chromista, 19 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Stereum neglectum PeckStereum neglectum Peck1894C. L. ShearAlcove
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Phyllosticta innumerabilis, not of this specimenPhyllosticta innumerabilis Peck1847C.L. Shear
A photograph of the species Phragmidium speciosum, not of this specimenPhragmidium speciosum (Fr.) Bonord.1855SartwellE Novo-Eboraco [= New York]
A photograph of the species Culaea inconstans, not of this specimenCulaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)1860W. SwartzKrumkill, 1 mi. NE of Voorheesville
A photograph of the species Sorex fumeus, not of this specimenSorex fumeus fumeus G.M.Miller, 18951860William J. Hamilton Jr.Rensselaerville
A photograph of the species Abietinella abietina, not of this specimenAbietinella abietina (Hedw.) M.Fleisch.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mt.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Barbilophozia barbata, not of this specimenBarbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske1863C. F. AustinIn Mountain localities
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1863C. F. AustinHelderberg Mts.
A photograph of the species Brachythecium rutabulum, not of this specimenBrachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1863C. H. PeckHelderberg Mountains

All 5,855 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reidsville: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur. 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
Grippee QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Heldeberg Bluestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
New Salem DepositSulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in Albany 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
Wolf Hill2.7 miles21
Helderberg3.2 miles21
Clarksville3.2 miles31
Westerlo3.7 miles21
Tarrytown3.9 miles31
South Berne4.1 miles21
East Berne4.4 miles21
Keefers Corners4.8 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962368. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.