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Schodack Landing, New York

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Schodack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12156. It stands on Hell Gate. The Survey maps it on the Ravena quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Schodack Landing within Rensselaer County

Then and now

1893 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 93 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 Landing, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Schodack Landing, surveyed 1893

On record in Schodack Landing

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

214 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Schodack Landing between 2000 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined113
Arson/incendiarism33
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Debris and open burning12
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2010Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2002Arson/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 2012Naturalunder 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 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Schodack Landing: 11 producers, 9 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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
Alcove QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Aquetuck Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New Baltimore Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ravenna Quarry & Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Bethlehem QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Muitzes Kill2.1 miles21
Castleton-on-Hudson2.9 miles33
South Schodack4.1 miles31
Brookview5.0 miles31
Stony Point5.1 miles31
Pine Haven Motor Home Park5.5 miles31
Schodack Center7.1 miles31
East Greenbush8.5 miles31

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 Q122548434The 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 964593. 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.