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Schaghticoke Hill, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schaghticoke town. It lies in ZIP code area 12154. The Survey maps it on the Schaghticoke quadrangle.

Schaghticoke Hill 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 Schaghticoke Hill, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Schaghticoke Hill, surveyed 1893

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

230 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Schaghticoke Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined128
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural15
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
1 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

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 Schaghticoke Hill: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Burrello PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
G. Fannucci PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayProducer
Hemstreet Park Clay PitClayPast Producer
East of Tomhannock Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Melrose Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Melrose Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North of Melrose Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schaghticoke Hill in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 6 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSchaghticoke Hill-Many branches and a few trees were downed along Route 40 south of Schaghticoke.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindSchaghticoke Hill-Downed tree and large branches were snapped.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSchaghticoke Hill-National Weather Service Meteorologist reported a large tree downed across Sliter Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSchaghticoke Hill-Trees and wires were downed.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSchaghticoke Hill-Trees and wires were reported down in Schaghticoke due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSchaghticoke Hill-Trees were reported down in Schaghticoke Hill due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Schaghticoke1.8 miles30
Melrose2.7 miles28
Valley Falls2.8 miles30
Reynolds3.1 miles30
Tomhannock3.4 miles28
Grant Hollow3.4 miles31
Lincolnville3.6 miles28
Hemstreet Park4.3 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 Q122569545The 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 964567. 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.