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Snyders Corner, New York

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in North Greenbush town. It lies in ZIP code area 12198. The Survey maps it on the Averill Park quadrangle.

Snyders Corner 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 Snyders Corner, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Snyders Corner, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

589 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 589 fires within 5 miles of Snyders Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 600 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 147 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/undetermined294
Arson/incendiarism147
Debris and open burning72
Natural28
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Snyders Corner: 15 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
C.E. Wicks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
C.E. Wicks Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cranston Leveling PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Dunns PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Eagle Mills PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Edgewood Drive PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snyders Corner in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSnyders Corner-Trees and wires were downed near Snyders Corners Road and Furry Road.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSnyders Corner-Trees and wires were downed on Route 66 between Route 355 and Snyders Corners Road.
June 2013HailSnyders Corner-Nickel size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Synders Corners in Wyantskill.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSnyders Corner-A tree and wires were reported down in Snyders Corner due to strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Eastmor1.2 miles32
West Sand Lake1.9 miles30
Wynantskill2.2 miles32
Albia2.8 miles32
Mountain View2.9 miles32
Bon Acre3.0 miles30
Poestenkill3.3 miles30
South Troy3.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 965607. 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.