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Slingerlands, New York

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bethlehem town. It lies in ZIP code area 12159. The Survey maps it on the Albany quadrangle.

Slingerlands within Albany County

Then and now

1893 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Slingerlands, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Slingerlands, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in Slingerlands

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 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 32 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

541 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 541 fires within 5 miles of Slingerlands between 2000 and 2020, burning about 393 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined346
Arson/incendiarism56
Natural36
Smoking31
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Albany County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,725 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,725 specimens collected within 10 miles of Slingerlands between 1760 and 1975: 2,521 Animalia, 1,463 Fungi, 678 Plantae, 28 Unrecorded, 19 Chromista, 14 Protozoa, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A C. Frederick, A. A. Heller and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Diplodia crataegi FuckelDiplodia crataegi Fuckel1895Charles E. Fairman
Specimen of Cephalozia media Lindb.Cephalozia media Lindb.1898Charles H. Pecknear Albany
Specimen of Coniothyrium Corda, 1840Coniothyrium Corda, 18401899not recorded
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751760W.W. Hill
A photograph of the species Monotropa procera, not of this specimenMonotropa procera Torr.1817E. JamesNear Albany
A photograph of the species Utricularia gibba, not of this specimenUtricularia gibba L.1828J. HallGreenbush
A photograph of the species Peziza acetabulum, not of this specimenPeziza acetabulum L.1829H.H. EatonAlbany
A photograph of the species Anaphalis margaritacea, not of this specimenAnaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.1830J. TorreyCirca Albany
A photograph of the species Bidens tripartita, not of this specimenBidens tripartita L.1830Collector unspecifiedAlbany
A photograph of the species Spiranthes lacera, not of this specimenSpiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.1834Herb. (Jas.) MacnabAlbany
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1837A. ClappN. Albany.
A photograph of the species Stylosanthes Sw., not of this specimenStylosanthes Sw.1837Clapp, A.New Albany.

All 4,725 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Slingerlands: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
James H. Malloy, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
James H. Maloy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rupert Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Albany County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slingerlands in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
May 2017LightningSlingerlands$30,000A house was damaged when it was struck by lightning and caught fire. The home's roof collapsed and the third floor was damaged by fire. The first and second floors had extensive water damage.
July 2018Flash FloodSlingerlands$5,000Rainfall of up to two and a half inches in less than an hour, and nearly five inches in less than two hours, brought flash flooding to the central portion of the city of Albany. The heavy rain resulted in numerous cars becoming stranded in the flood waters, several reports of basement flooding, and several inches of flood water entering a beverage store. The flooding impacted the neighborhoods of Buckingham Pond, New Scotland, and Melrose, and resulted in the closures of Western Avenue, Manning Boulevard, Central Avenue, and a portion of the Harriman State Office Campus Loop.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSlingerlands-Tree damage was reported on Upper Font Grove Road near the Town of Bethlehem.
October 2022FloodSlingerlands-A small section of Route 85 in the Town of Bethlehem was closed between Mullens Road and Kenwood Avenue at the Albany County Rail Trail underpass.
August 2022Flash FloodSlingerlands-Route 85 was closed between Kenwood Avenue and Bridge Street in the Town of Bethlehem due to flooding.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSlingerlands-Wires were downed with part of a tree leaning on a home.
July 2014HailSlingerlands-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Slingerlands.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindSlingerlands-A tree was downed on a house on McCormick Road in Slingerlands as a result of thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Flash FloodSlingerlands-Route 85 in Slingerlands was closed due to flooding from Maple Avenue to Bridge Street. The road did not reopen until 11:00 am EST August 30th.
July 2009HailSlingerlands-Penny size hail was reported on Trumpeter Place in Slingerlands during a thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Albany 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
Delmar1.8 miles33
Karlsfeld1.8 miles32
Unionville2.3 miles31
Elsmere2.5 miles33
New Scotland2.6 miles30
Houcks Corners2.8 miles33
North Bethlehem3.0 miles32
Stony Hill3.3 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 974257. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.