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Rossman, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Stockport town. It lies in ZIP code area 12534. It stands on Claverack Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stottville quadrangle.

Rossman 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 Rossman, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rossman, surveyed 1903

On record in Rossman

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

10 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Rossman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 172 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined66
Debris and open burning28
Natural19
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2014Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rossman: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Cox Sackie Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayProducer
Cox Sackie Clay PitClayPast Producer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rossman in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindRossman-A tree was downed onto wires on Falls Road in the Town of Ghent.

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
Columbiaville1.0 miles25
Stockport1.5 miles21
Stuyvesant Falls1.8 miles21
West Ghent2.5 miles21
Newton Hook2.6 miles25
Stottville3.1 miles21
Sunnyside3.3 miles21
Omi3.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962950. 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.