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Sherwood Park, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in East Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 12144. It lies near Grandview Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Greenbush quadrangle.

Sherwood Park 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 Sherwood Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Sherwood Park, 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

781 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 781 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Park between 2000 and 2020, burning about 567 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 154 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/undetermined467
Arson/incendiarism154
Debris and open burning42
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking21
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Naturalunder 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood Park: 8 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Quartz. 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
Crystal Hill DepositQuartzOccurrence
East Greenbush Clay PitClayProducer
East Greenbush Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselaer Clay PitClayPast Producer
Rensselear Clay PitClayProducer
Albany Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Beberwick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Castleton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Haight PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sherwood Park in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 2 hail. 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
December 2023FloodSherwood Park$2,000Portions of Ridge Road in East Greenbush were closed due to flooding.
December 2023FloodSherwood Park$2,000Portions of Michael Road in East Greenbush were closed due to flooding.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindSherwood Park$2,000A large tree was downed onto a car.
April 2022FloodSherwood Park-The southbound lane of U.S. Routes 9 and 20 were closed at Elliot Avenue due to flooding.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSherwood Park-Numerous trees and wires were downed from Ridge Road to Phillips Road north of Hays Road near East Greenbush.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSherwood Park-Powerlines were downed along Columbia Turnpike near East Greenbush.
May 2013HailSherwood Park-A Skywarn spotter reported quarter size hail fell from a thunderstorm in East Greenbush.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindSherwood Park-Trees were down on Point View Drive and Phillips Road in East Greenbush as a result of thunderstorm winds.
July 2010HailSherwood Park-Hail a little larger than quarters was reported during a thunderstorm in East Greenbush. The hail completely covered the ground along State Route 4.

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
Hampton Park0.8 miles31
Hampton Manor1.3 miles31
East Greenbush1.3 miles31
Clinton Heights1.3 miles31
Couse1.3 miles31
Prospect Heights1.4 miles31
Clinton Park1.5 miles31
Rensselaer2.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965098. 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.