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South Schodack, New York

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Schodack town. It lies in ZIP code area 12033. The Survey maps it on the East Greenbush quadrangle.

South Schodack 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 South Schodack, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of South Schodack, surveyed 1893

On record in South Schodack

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of South Schodack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 216 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined144
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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 2002Missing 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
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 South Schodack: 11 producers, 8 past producers, 1 plant. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ravena Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Ravena Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coeymans Clay PitClayPast Producer
Coeymans Clay PitClayPast Producer
Powell and Minnock Shale PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Powell and Minnock Shale PitClayProducer
Schodack Landing Clay PitClayProducer
Schodack Landing Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay QuarryClayProducer
Unnamed Clay QuarryClayProducer

Every working recorded in Rensselaer County

Storms near this place

8 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Schodack in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 4 injuries. 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth Schodack4 hurtFour people suffered minor injuries after a fireworks display tent collapsed at the Pilot truck stop on Route 9 in Schodack due to severe thunderstorm winds.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Schodack-Several trees were down and a powerline was snapped in Schodack Landing.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Schodack-Several trees were down and a snapped powerline reported in Schodack Landing.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Schodack-Trees and wires were reported down.
August 2018Heavy RainSouth Schodack-Total 24 hour rainfall reports ranged from less than half an inch of rain to 1.91 inches across Rensselaer county.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Schodack-Extensive tree damage was reported near the intersection of Van Hoesen Road and South Schodack Road in South Schodack. Many tree tops were snapped off and damage to cornfields occurred.
September 2013Flash FloodSouth Schodack-Flash flooding occurred on Route 9 in South Schodack as a result of heavy rainfall.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindSouth Schodack-Numerous trees were reported down near South Schodack, and in several adjacent portions of Rensselaer County 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
Pine Haven Motor Home Park1.5 miles31
Brookview2.1 miles31
Castleton-on-Hudson2.4 miles33
Muitzes Kill2.8 miles21
Schodack Center3.3 miles31
Stony Point3.4 miles31
Schodack Landing4.1 miles25
Nassau5.1 miles30

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 Q122558685The 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 965864. 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.