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Rosecrans Park, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schodack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12123. The Survey maps it on the Nassau quadrangle.

Rosecrans Park 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 Rosecrans Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Rosecrans Park, surveyed 1893

On record in Rosecrans Park

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Rosecrans Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 191 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined97
Arson/incendiarism45
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 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 Rensselaer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rosecrans Park: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Beberwick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Castleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kenneth Morris Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 20 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Route 20 Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shufelt Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shufelt Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Braeside0.5 miles30
Nassau1.0 miles30
Morey Park1.0 miles30
East Schodack2.6 miles31
North Schodack3.8 miles30
Pine Haven Motor Home Park3.9 miles31
Schodack Center4.0 miles31
Millers Corners4.3 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 Q122565705The 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 962916. 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.