Schuyler Heights, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Northumberland town. It lies in ZIP code area 12831. It stands on Rice Brook. The Survey maps it on the Gansevoort quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Schuyler Heights
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gansevoort Mansionlisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away- Dutch Reformed Church of Gansevoortlisted 1995 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Gansevoort quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Schuylerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Gansevoort quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
161 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Schuyler Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 26 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 18 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Schuyler Heights: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | 1922, 1927 | |
| Hudson Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hudson Valley Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gansevoort | 0.5 miles | 28 | |
| Tanager Woods | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Jewell Corner | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Hickory Forest | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Clarks Corner | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Forest Hills | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Stonegate | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Rimbrave Estates | 2.7 miles | 28 |
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 Q122592452 | The 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 2435479. 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.











