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Schodack Center, New York

31 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 12033. It stands on North Branch Moordener Kill. The Survey maps it on the East Greenbush quadrangle. It stands 299 feet above sea level.

Schodack Center 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 Schodack Center, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Schodack Center, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Schodack Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 256 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined162
Arson/incendiarism63
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2002Debris and open burningunder 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

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 Schodack Center: 7 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: 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
East Greenbush Clay PitClayProducer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayPast Producer
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

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schodack Center in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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 2000Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center$13,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center$4,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center$3,000no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-A 61 mph gust was measured at the Schodack New York State Mesonet.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-A tree was reported down in Schodack.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Multiple trees were downed in the Town of Schodack.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Two trees were downed in the Town of Schodack, one along U.S. Route 9 and another on South Old Post Road.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Two trees were downed in Schodack Center due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Trees were reported down in the town of Schodack as a result of thunderstorm winds.
August 2015HailSchodack Center-Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Schodack.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Trees and wires were reported down approximately 1 mile east of Schodack Center due to strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2011FloodSchodack Center-Portions of Route 20 were reported closed due to flooding, including at Route 9 in the Town of Schodack, and between Lords Hill Road and Coldwater Tavern Road in Nassau.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Wires were reported down in Schodack Center due to strong thunderstorm winds.
May 2009HailSchodack Center-Nickel size hail was reported near Schodack Center during a thunderstorm.
July 2009Flash FloodSchodack Center-Significant flash flooding occurred in central and southern Rensselaer County Wednesday afternoon and evening, as a result of training thunderstorms which produced excessive rainfall, and caused Kinderhook Creek to overflow its banks.||Numerous roadways and bridges were closed, some of which were washed out. The hardest hit areas included, but were not limited to, Nassau, Stephentown, Schodack, and Sand Lake.||In Nassau, a state of emergency was declared, and State Route 43 between Pikes Pond Road and Reno Road was closed due to flooding.||In Stephentown, the bridge at State Route 22 and Provost Road was deemed unsafe, resulting in the closure of a portion of Route 22. In addition, flooding closed a portion of South Stephentown Road between Garfield Road and Andrews Lane.||In Sand Lake, Bauer Road was closed due to a bridge washout.||In Schodack, Clove Road off State Route 43 was closed to due flooding.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Multiple trees and approximately 6 wires were reported down due to strong thunderstorm winds in and near Schodack Center.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Numerous trees were reported down in Schodack Center due to strong thunderstorm winds.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Trees down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Possible roof blown off house.
September 2004Flash FloodSchodack Center-State Route 150 closed in a number of locations due to flooding.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-Trees down.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSchodack Center-no account filed

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
East Schodack2.3 miles31
Brookview2.5 miles31
Pine Haven Motor Home Park2.5 miles31
East Greenbush2.8 miles31
South Schodack3.3 miles31
Luther3.7 miles31
Stony Point3.7 miles31
Braeside3.8 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.

Wikipedia article on Schodack CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7431935The 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 964591. 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.